Ian Clark Restoration provides Architectural Conservation collections care solutions and project consultancy to a broad and diverse client base across the UK Our intimate mechanical engineering knowledge and informed appreciation of materiel science and ethical project delivery underpins our ability to assess and underwrite the complex decision making processes inherent within all aspects of architectural conservation.

The conservation and repair of traditional wind and watermills has been at the core of Ian Clark Restoration's activities for more than 40 years

This internationally important scheme – the only decorative ensemble by Peter Paul Rubens to remain in its original location – is comprised of nine ceiling canvases set within decorative coffer compartments (installed in 1636), the positions of which were intended to indicate the different stages of procession towards the King,…

Paine and Stewart undertook the conservation of the painted decoration in the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral between September 2003 and January 2005. The scheme, executed by Sir James Thornhill between 1714-17, is the largest and one of the most significant church paintings in Britain, being the very first major…

Cardiff Castle house contains the magnificent 19th-century interiors by the architect William Burges (1827-81), designed in the Gothic Revival style for the 3rd Marquis of Bute. These interiors are perhaps the most elaborate ensemble of nineteenth-century  decoration and ornamentation to be found anywhere in the country,. They were formed from…

The vast interior of the Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich is decorated with a magnificent series of wall paintings executed by Sir James Thornhill between 1708 and 1726. Regarded as one of the finest pieces of Baroque decorative painting in England the paintings adorn Sir…

Ian Clark has been at the forefront of maritime conservation for over 40 years Specialist commissions include one-off collections care solutions to significant ship conservation, project management and consultancy Clients have included national and private museums across the UK and overseas

Metals conservation within the wider cultural heritage community is complex, diverse and never the same Ian Clark Restoration provides a flexible and blended metals conservation service for a broad range of objects for public and private sector clients Extensive materials knowledge and informed hands on experience of construction techniques and technical and decorative finishing underpins our ability to provide a trusted and sensitive service where your project is in safe hands

Moving and relocating historic stone and architectural heritage

Revised edition pending completion and publication…   Previous editions: 2011 National Trust; 2005 Butterworth-Heinemann