Whitechapel Art Plaster Co Ltd recently completed their package of traditional solid lime, fibrous and ornamental plasterwork to the former Rochdale Fire Service station at Maclure Road in Rochdale. The building

In 2018, Whitechapel Art Plaster Co Ltd were involved in the refurbishment of the Coupland Building in Manchester working as a sub-contractor for Graham Construction, who’s client was Manchester University.

Shortly before the national lock down, Whitechapel Art Plaster, in conjunction with Cavalier studios in Stockport, took video footage of the early stages of the renewal; including fibrous plaster, ribbed

The below image shows Whitechapel craftsmen working to restore a theatre ceiling in Westminster central London as part of a sympathetic conversion for change of use. Whitechapel also carried out a

Whitechapel Art Plaster’s team of solid lime plasterers were recently involved in the restoration team at Port Sunlight.  Port Sunlight is a model village, located at Wirral, Merseyside but within the historic boundary of Cheshire. 

A plaster ceiling centre or rose can be made up of one cast, or can be formed from a number of different components with varying degrees of complexity. The ceiling

The long awaited reopening of Manchester’s Whitworth Art Gallery was on Saturday 14th February and did not disappoint. Whitechapel Art Plaster worked closely with ISG, the main management contractor on

Decorative plasterwork and mouldings from Whitechapel Art Plaster. We are a company of fibrous plasterers based on the Cheshire border but only 7 miles from Manchester’s business and city centre.

Historically plastering in Britain was carried out using lime based plasters. Lime was used as a binder to be mixed with various types of graded sand used as an aggregate

Lime comes from limestone, it is quarried, crushed and heated in lime kilns to drive off carbon dioxide. This process converts the limestone in a highly alkaline (caustic) material called

In traditional high class work in buildings the walls of rooms are usually finished with a plaster cornice at the ceiling / wall junction and a timber skirting board at

A plain faced cast plaster ceiling (or wall) is formed from flat rectangular panels of fibrous plaster work. These panels are made with a perimeter rebate around their outer edge

Plasterers scrim is used to reinforce the body of a plasterers work to prevent cracking. Traditionally jute, canvas, hessian or flax were used made in differing widths depending upon requirements

There have been many designs employed to enhance the appearance of building interiors using decorative plaster work. Period properties and high specification new builds will often have plaster cornice in

When repairs and alterations are carried out in a traditional period house the internal finishes can be damaged. When decorative plaster work to ceilings and walls require repair or renewal

A plasterers cornice run in-situ was a traditional way of forming a decorative moulding, onsite, in a room at its ceiling to wall junction. Many Victorian properties will have in

Plaster Coving Manchester – Made in Manchester, the story of Manchester Art Plasterers. More than half a century ago whilst making his way home from school, a young Charlie Warren

Plaster coving or plaster cove is a simple concave moulding. It is in the shape of part of an ellipse (Greek origin) or part of a circle (Roman origin). Plaster

Fibrous Plastering is a method or process used to produce decorative plasterwork on a bench in a workshop. The casts produced in the workshop are taken to site and put