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Case Studies:
Grade II Listed Ballroom

Posted on July 26, 2021January 31, 2022 by HPR

The Ballroom of this Grade II Listed former hotel featured a vented ceiling rose to help manage air circulation.

Now a converted modern office space, two factors (from previous contractors) contributed to the partial collapse of the ceiling and rose:

  • A heavy electric light fitting had been unsuitably fixed to a timber beam running above the ceiling rose. The beam had failed and had been braced, though the ceiling rose was left unseated.
  • Following a re-roof, a now redundant metal flue vent had been left with its full weight resting on the ceiling rose.

Our corrective works involved:

  1. Securing and protecting the rose
  2. Clearance of debris from previous damage
  3. Removing the redundant metal flue
  4. Refastening the ceiling rose in its boxing
  5. Repinning lath and plaster with stainless steel screws and washers (as requested)
  6. Lime plaster patching
  7. Decoration of the Ballroom ceiling

Further to the internal works, we also identified water ingress caused by unsealed lead guttering. Our in-house lead specialist stripped back the slates, reboarded and replaced timbers, installed new lead flashings and new Code 6 leadwork. Properly installed leadwork can last over 65 years, making a professional fitting cost effective.

  • ornate ceiling rose pulling away from ceiling
    Collapsing ceiling rose
  • Roof space view of ceiling rose box, with braced horizontal beam & vertical metal flue
    Roof space view of ceiling rose box, with braced horizontal beam & vertical metal flue
  • repairs to ornate ceiling
    Lath & lime plaster ceiling pinning in progress
  • roof space view of ceiling rose box
    Completed boxing above ceiling, with redundant metal flue removed
  • reaffixed ceiling rose
    Completed lime plaster ceiling repair
  • close up of lead gutter with debris & unsealed joints
    Existing lead gutter with unsealed joints
  • lead weld detail
    New lead detail around return
  • roof top featuring lead gutter chanel
    Completed lead gutter

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