St Astier Blog

Several jobs completed never quite made it to the blog process. In recent weeks we looked back over these and compiled them into a few ‘combined blogs’. This is the first of these combined blogs.

A few smaller schemes completed in the Quadrangle of Newcastle University.

Now that the works at Lindsifarne Castle are finished, St Astier moves onto its next big restorative venture: Ford Castle.

Fulwell Windmill is located on the north east coast in Sunderland and is classified as Grade II. It was constructed circa 1821 and was subsequently restored in 1951, 1987, and again in 2000.

Part of the works at Winston Bridge required specialist machinery to access the lower level areas.

The statue of Queen Victoria is Grade II listed and located directly in front of South Shields Town Hall. The statue itself is made from bronze and it sits on a Granite Plinth.

St Astier has been awarded the Rosette for Stonehealth Approved Contractors of the DOFF Superheated Water Stone Cleaning Machine

Site offices at this motorway maintenance depot were accessed by a wooden walkway and ramp. The walkway was adjacent to the vehicular entrance and a barn containing road salt which was used by HGVs reversing in.

The scaffolding is finally stripped on the South and East lower battery elevations to reveal the sneck harling finish.