Ernest Barnes Ltd is an award-winning heritage brickwork company in Windsor with more than forty years’ experience of specialist brick and flint repairs to historic buildings. Its master craftsmen use traditional materials and techniques, including lime mortars, to maintain, repair and conserve historic brick and flintwork, working to a philosophy of minimum intervention and retaining as much original fabric as possible. Its portfolio spans five centuries of building, and clients include the National Trust, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Donnington Hospital Trust, the Bedford Estates, parish councils, local authorities and private owners of listed and period property. Chimneys and period fireplaces are a particular specialism.
Suitable for: repointing and repair of historic brick and flint walls, chimney rebuilding, and the repair or reinstatement of period brick fireplaces.
Services: conservation of brickwork; conservation of flintwork; lime repointing; chimney and fireplace restoration; condition surveys; consultancy; lime rendering and limecrete floors; extensions and hard landscaping; education and training.
Location: College Crescent, Windsor, Berkshire.