Conservation

Skills

Old locks repaired. New locks made to match existing. Keys made to pattern. Brass door and window fittings made to pattern.

Wood and steel door and window fittings manufactured. Slotted head screws. Old hinges manufactured and repaired. Cleaning and repair.

Specialists

Scott Beaven has links throughout the UK to specialist locksmiths, casters and blacksmiths. Usually small firms, effectively cottage industries who are happy to manufacture very precisely and in small quantities.

Relationships have also been established with architectural salvage companies.

Project Management

On larger projects the building is usually surveyed and a draft schedule prepared of ironmongery as found. Guide prices are provided for replacement or repair. Upon acceptance, the fittings are carefully removed from the doors and windows, recorded and packaged, and marked with their location.

The packages are removed to our Works. Specialist staff then sift through the door packs, sending fittings for cleaning, repair or replacement; having keys fitted to locks or new keeps made; materials are ordered from specialist casters or wood turners. Once processed, the packages are then returned to site, still marked up with their locations. Site carpenters will then be able to re-fix the same or identically matching ironmongery into the same mortises and screw positions.

Projects

Altrincham Town Hall Pozzoni Design Theatre Royal, York Allen Tod St George’s Hall, Liverpool Purcell Miller Tritton Auchinleck House, Ayr Simpson & Brown Charlotte Square, Edinburgh Simpson & Brown Alderman Fenwick’s House, Newcastle upon Tyne Simpson & Brown

Jersey Opera House MEB Architects Broughton House, Kikrcudbright Johnston & Wright Burslem School of Art, Hulme Upright Manning Cambridge University Library Faulkner Brown Howe Partnership 66 Frognal Avanti Architects London Coliseum Arts Team @ RHWL