Conservation & Restoration

James Innes & Son specialise in the preservation of cultural heritage. With a team of highly trained, experienced tradespeople and qualified conservators, we endeavour to provide results of the highest standards - from a historical standpoint and from the perspective of our clients.

Historic Object Conservation

Our object conservators undertake repairs on all types of 3-dimensional works of art. Our in-house Head of Conservation - Hamish Innes - studied Conservation at the University of Lincoln where he received the Lincoln Conservation award and worked on the world-renowned Lincoln Cathedral.

Through training and experience we recognise the particular needs of cultural heritage objects. Each has its own condition, history, specific materials and we use this to influence our decisions when treating your objects and artefacts.

The services we can provide in this area are;

Object/collection condition surveys
Consultancy
Conservation cleaning
Reconstructive repairs
Replication
Preventive conservation
Environmental monitoring
Collections management, emergency planning
and more...

We undertake work on the following types of objects;

Stone
Sculpture
Wooden objects
Ceramic
Gilded, painted/decorative surfaces
Metallic objects
Mixed material/composite objects
and more..

Building Conservation

Building conservation is an umbrella term to describe all work toward preserving historic buildings for future generations. This can be anything from structural consolidation of ancient ruins to architectural paint analysis and replication. Since its founding, James Innes & Son has been one central Scotland's most trusted names for building restorations and renovations - as we always strive for the highest professional standards.

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