HIRC – Historic Interiors Research & Conservation

HIRC (Historic Interiors Research & Conservation) is the architectural paint research practice of Helen Hughes. Services cover architectural paint investigation, paint analysis and pigment identification, ultraviolet examination, SEM/EDX analysis, documentation and heritage statements, along with lecturing and teaching. The practice works on period and listed properties, country houses, churches, theatres and cinemas, bridges, railings and commercial interiors such as shopfronts, tea rooms and hotel bars. Projects listed over more than a decade include Auckland Castle, Dover Town Hall Maison Dieu, the Granada Theatre at Walthamstow, Chatsworth House, Lambeth Palace Great Hall, Apsley House, Osborne House, the Willow Tea Rooms, the Gibbs’ Building at King’s College Cambridge, Abbey Mills Pumping Station and the Royal Opera Arcade. Enquiries are taken by telephone.