Station Road, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5DD Tel 01749 342706 Fax 01749 343627 Case Study Fonthill Abbey Wiltshire A Gothic Revival Abbey built in hast by William Beckford between 1796 and 1813. The original Abbey was short lived and demolished in the late 1800s. All that remains is the gatehouse, half the north wing and a seventy six foot tower of gothic perpendicular architecture. Ellis and Co were commissioned to restore the towers’ stonework, remove ironwork, install steel supports, repair the windows and lay a new roof. Stonework was cleaned, biological material removed, and stonework repaired. Corroded iron cramps were cut out and where necessary new steel cramps were inserted. Surrounding masonry which had been damaged by the ironwork was repaired. New Chilmar

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