Welcome to Recclesia
Recclesia is a multi-disciplined historic building conservation specialist and consultancy with recognised in-house skills and expertise in masonry conservation, stained glass conservation, and metalwork conservation.
Our highly skilled, experienced, and qualified team specialises in the conservation and repair of historic and listed buildings, churches, ancient sites and ruins. Acting as Principal Contractor or as a specialist sub-contractor, Recclesia works across the UK and internationally on specialist projects with leading conservation architects, conservation organisations, leading contractors, museums, and historic building owners.
Our particular collection of in house skills make us a unique company in the UK. Our collaborative and holistic approach to conservation leads to creativity and innovation between key conservation disciplines.
Jamie Moore | Managing Director
- MSc Historic Building Conservation
- BA (Hons) History
- NVQ Level 6 Conservation Site Management
What We Do
Our Work
Our Instagram
Our apprentice mason Gabe getting some tutelage on templating approaches by expert mason Paul, on our project with @insallarch to conserve parts of St Mary’s Church in Nantwich - traditional skills may be under threat, but projects like this help to ensure we can do our bit to keep them alive!
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#skillsforthefuture #stonemasonry #masonryconservation #mason #buildingconservation @stonefederation @historicengland @insallarch #craftsmanship #savecraftsmanship #craftsmatter #heritageskills @heritagecrafts @citb_uk @york_college
Some of our masons are back training with @canolfantywicentre for a few weeks - working towards their NVQ in Heritage Stone Masonry course.
We love being able to support talented and committed members of our team - helping them develop their skills and doing our bit for the skills shortage in Built Heritage the likes of @cadwcymruwales and @historicengland regularly show through their research.
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#buildingconservation #masonryconservation #builtheritage #skills #craftsmanship #traditionalcraft #masony #training #skillsforthefuture #skillsdevelopment
This weeks #masonrymonday might not be one of our projects, but we couldn’t help posting this shot of the imposing gatehouse of #lancastercastle from some of our teams trip to #lancaster on Friday.
We were attending a celebration to mark the end of the @historicengland Heritage Building Skills Summer School that one of our trainees has been attending. It was fantastic to see a room filled with future conservators of a range of material specialisms, from #masons to #stainedglass workers and everything in between! Well done all involved, including trainees from our friends @barleystudioinc.hw @the_works_department
#craft #craftmanship #buildingconservation #conservation #historicengland #summerschool #buildingskills
Have we ever said that one of our things is working with masonry and glass? It might seem obvious but stone and glass go hand-in-hand across all sorts of British architecture, from the vernacular to the polite. So unsurprisingly having our dedicated masonry conservators and glass conservators @recclesia_stained_glass working together removes liaison issues other conservators might have between traditional trades/craft.
This window is one of those our team will be working to conserve as part of a wider programme of masonry repair works to the grade I listed St Mary’s Church in Nantwich - sometimes called The Cathedral of South Cheshire - a place all of our team have done many a project over the years and we’re proud to help preserve its rich heritage once again with the Church Architects from @insallarch. Over the coming months we’ll be carrying out a range of stone conservation work to the north elevation, along with a specialist stained glass survey so watch this space for more updates.
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#conservation #buildingconservation #masonryconservation #glassconservation #conservationspecialist #stoneconservation #conservationsurveys #conservationconsultancy
Remnants of our past hiding in plain sight at St Mary’s in Nantwich.
As our dedicated masons continue working to preserve the northern elevation of St Mary’s Church in Nantwich, Cheshire - here are a range of scars from possible shot damage created during the English civil wars.
@nantwichmuseum and other volunteers recently carried out a #communityarchaeology project - looking to explore possible shot marks across the facade of the Grade 1 listed church. Through meticulous measuring, profiling, and photography, they were able to discern between possible shot scars or natural occurrences - even enabling calculations to be made for the distance any particular shot may have been carried out from, the height from which it was fired, and the types of weaponry used.
As our conservation work continues to the church, these areas have been mapped and all of the locations / details included in our unique #heritageinmind site inductions and regular briefings to ensure that we preserve these fascinating pieces of history wherever feasible given the wider conservation needs of the church.
#masonryconservation #englishcivilwars #englishcivilwar #history #remnantsofourpast @historicengland @historyhit @insallarch #architecturalconservation #conservation @conservators_uk @spab1877 #preservingthepast #stoneconservation
#masonrymonday comes from St Mary’s Nantwich, the ‘cathedral of South Cheshire’, where our masons are working on vital repairs to preserve the masonry on the North Elevation. Jamie and the team have been working over the past few weeks with @insallarch to assess the masonry and determine the best repair approaches for the exceptional Grade I listed church.
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#masonryrepair #masonryconservation #masonryspecialist #masonryconservators @stonefederation @conservators_uk