Project: John Ruskin Primary School, Camberwell, London
Client: London Borough of Southwark
This Victorian school is located in London Borough of Southwark. It was designed by Thomas Jerram Bailey, the school first opened in 1899.
The building was in need of thoughtful refurbishment, during the tender period it became clear that some masonry had become loose and was in danger of falling into either the road or the school playground. Realising the dangers, Barwin erected an extra wide safety gantry to the entire perimeter of school. To do this as quickly as possible entailed the team being on site with the scaffolding specialist until late into the night and weekends. This action was taken in order to allow the school to conduct its’ business as usual. Once the scaffolding was in place we undertook a full survey to the external facade and removed all the stone that was in danger of falling and consolidated the remaining stone and brickwork. Using our knowledge and skilled labour we were able to reinstate and repair in situ the stone units and this in turn saved our client both time and money by solving the need to new units manufactured and installed.
The scope of works included:
- External repairs and maintenance to all elevations of the main school building
- Brickwork repairs including stitching, repointing, replacement and matching
- Sealing cracks to decorative terracotta corbelled units.
Project: Brighton Girls School, Brighton
Client: Neilcott Construction
Barwin are proud to have been selected to survey and repair the Brighton Girls School which is the seventh oldest school founded under the Girls’ Day School Trust (1876). Its founders had radical ideas of education for women.
Barwin Property Services Ltd were tasked by Neilcott Construction to survey and identify the repairs to the stucco elevations and then restore the building back to its original condition, using both lime based renders and modern consolidation materials. As you can see these methods combined superbly, allowing the building to used and enjoyed for generations to come.
Project: King’s College School, Wimbledon
Client: King’s College School
Barwin have successfully completed a façade repair and cleaning project at The Great Hall, which is one of the thirty buildings that make up King’s College School – one of the top independent schools in the UK. The Grade II listed Great Hall, located in Wimbledon, was designed by Sir Bannister Fletcher and built in 1899. It is a perfect example of Victorian architecture and is one of the largest school halls in England. During World War II, the building was damaged by bomb shrapnel, and some of the damage can still be seen on the outside of the hall.
Barwin were appointed to carry out works to the façade of The Great Hall which included stone repairs, brick replacement, brick re-pointing and cleaning. The façade was raked out and re-pointed, some bricks were cut out and replaced and some were refaced. Stone repairs were carried out around the windows and at high level. DOFF and TORC specialist systems were used to remove general surface contaminates and heavy carbon deposits from the external façade. All works had to be competed with the 6 week school holiday period, therefore we had a very strict programme to adhere to. Special care was taken to protect the decorative lead lined windows.
Once the restoration and cleaning of The Great Hall was completed, Barwin were instructed by the client to proceed with further works to the World War I Memorial located at the front of the Great Hall. Our task was to restore the Memorial before the 100th anniversary of ‘The First Old Boy of Kings College to be killed’. The Memorial was built in memory of over 1000 old boys of Kings’s College who fought in the First World War. It was Lieutenant Geoffrey Pollard who was killed in action at the Battle of Le Bassee in 1914.
Firstly, Barwin had to carefully dismantle the World War I memorial and reposition it in front of The Great Hall. Then our skilled stone masons had to carve additional names by hand and redefine some of the existing names. The Memorial was cleaned using specialist DOFF System and a gentle poultice to draw the Verdigris out of the porous stone.
Scope of Works:
- Careful rake out and re-pointing open stonework joints
- Re-pointing brickwork using suitable lime mortar
- Damaged and defective brickwork was cut out and replaced with matching bricks
- Crack repairs to brickwork and cross stitching, using stainless steel reinforcement bars
- Cleaning of the building façade and monument using specialist DOFF & TORC cleaning systems
Project: Haileybury and Imperial Service College, Hertford
Client: Haileybury College
The college was established in 1862 on the former East India College site. The Chapel dome was added by Sir Arthur Blomfield and completed in 1877. The Memorial Hall (the school’s dining hall) was opened by the future King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and acts as a monument to former pupils who gave their lives in the First World War.
Barwin were appointed to sympathetically clean the external entrance and pillars to the Chapel entrance of the college.
Project: Godolphin and Latymer School, London
Client: Godolphin and Latymer School
The Godolphin and Latymer School is a day school for girls aged between 11 and 18. It began in 1861 as the Godolphin School, a boys’ boarding school set in fields near the River Thames in Hammersmith. The main buildings date from this time. The boys’ school did not thrive, however, and in 1905 a new independent day school for girls was created on the same site. Support from the Latymer foundation resulted in a new name: the Godolphin and Latymer School.
Barwin are delighted to be the principle contractor for various phases of works at this prestigious school. Scope of works to date include: brick repointing and replacing, helibar repairs, rebuilding walls, stone repairs, and specialist cleaning using the DOFF system. These works are ongoing.
Project: South Bank University, Borough Road, London
Principal Contractor: Neilcott
The works comprise two rows of Georgian terrace houses and a Victorian public house, the Duke of Clarence, which are all Grade II Listed buildings whose fabric is of historical importance. The buildings are three storeys with the public house on four storeys.
Scope of works:
- Brick cleaning using a mild chemical
- Coatings removal using TORC system
Project: The Bupa Cromwell Hospital, London
Client: BUPA
The Bupa Cromwell Hospital is a private hospital located in the South Kensington area of London.
Barwin carried out DOFF cleaning of the façade, and the bronze window frames were polished using renaissance wax.
Project: Stone House Hospital, Kent
Client: PJ Livesy
Stone House Hospital is the Grade II listed former hospital buildings in Stone, near Dartford, Kent, now converted into 93 luxury flats and the chapel into offices.
Scope of works:
- Mild chemical and Tensid cleaning of brickwork
- Paint removal
- Stone cleaning
- Grit blasting
- Stonework sand blasting
- Deep strip to painted areas
- Grit blasting to cast iron downpipes and re-paint
Project: North Court, Jesus College, University of Cambridge
Client: University of Cambridge
North Court was built in 1963-65 to the designs of David Roberts and Geoffrey Clarke, and provided the earliest post-war new residential accommodation for Jesus College. The building is 4 storeys, ‘L’ plan block. It was listed grade II in 1993.
Barwin were appointed to carry out brickwork repairs and specialist cleaning of the brick facade and internal staircases. The project was successfully delivered within a month before the start of new academic term.
Scope of works:
- Internal staircase DOFF system cleaning
- Brickwork repairs
- External brickwork cleaning
- Jet washing of concrete
