About Shape Conservation, Dorset, Somerset & Devon

Shape Conservation is a family run company specialising in the restoration of historical and heritage buildings across Dorset, Somerset & Devon.

Our family and experienced team combined have over 100 years in the building trade using a vast range of specialist, traditional skills within and around protected buildings.At Shape Conservation, we offer expert advice and skills in historical conservation, consultation and restoration. We work with private and commercial clients to protect, repair and rebuild some of the country’s most protected and vernacular buildings.

Driven by passion in what we do, our team can promise the highest level of safeguarding for our country’s historical buildings and landscapes, ensuring they can remain admired for the foreseeable future.

Our Experience

We live in a country that contains a wide range of some of the finest and most interesting vernacular buildings in the world, yet the pattern of caring for them is such that we turn, far too often, to the latest technological solutions, and use unsuitable modern building products, instead of seeking help from those who understand these structures. We at Shape Conservation use many years of knowledge gained through years of experience to be able to be that form of help and understanding for you and your project.

The disappearance of traditional skills poses an increasing threat to the character of vernacular buildings. It is through us at Shape Conservation, we feel the need to eradicate that threat.

If old skills can be perpetuated not only will our old buildings benefit but also there appears to be little reason why we should not, when building new structures, turn once again to some of those neglected materials that provided interest and variety to our cultural heritage.

Conservation

Our team at Shape Conservation holds a vast range of knowledge and skills in conservation.

Our Conservation services in this field:
Repair of Stone & Masonry
Poultice application and DOFF cleaning
Lime mortar and plaster repair
Conservation of heritage metalwork, including, cast and wrought iron etc.
Conservation of heritage joinery, including timber sash windows, cornices and spires

Consultation

Shape Conservation provides specialist knowledge within heritage building conservation and restoration, allowing us to understand the vast architectural features within period properties. This helps us provide assistance on schedule of works and the grant of Listed Building applications.

Our Consultancy services in this field:

Historical building surveys providing in depth detail of the current condition.
Mortar analysis
Quinquennial Reports for Churches
Assistance with listed building applications, by conservation reports and method statements.

Restoration

Shape Conservation holds over 100 years of experience combined in the restoration of period properties. Along with the use of top of the range, sympathetic equipment, this allows us to undertake full range of preservation works.