Cradle Tower, Tower of London

Stonewest was privileged to be working with the Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) – an exceptional team, responsible for the care, conservation and presentation of six magnificent palaces. Collectively the expert team work to ensure the heritage values of the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, the Banqueting House at Whitehall, Kew Palace and Hillsborough Castle are protected for future generations.

We completed our first project with the HRP team at HM Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London (the Tower). Our building conservation specialists collaborated with HRP from project inception, providing expert advice at the planning & design stage. Our work involved erecting scaffolding to elevations, undertaking all structural work, dismantling, recording, rebuilding and repointing areas of the Cradle Tower on the outer wall of the palace, as well as incorporating a new roof. Treatment of ferramenta and rainwater goods was undertaken, as well as consolidation of stone masonry with lime mortars. Some new elements of Kentish Rag stone and limestone dressings were also installed.