03/03/2026
🏛️ Proud to Have Worked on Santon Bridge Village Hall 🏛️
📍 Santon Bridge, Cumbria
We’re incredibly proud to have recently completed extensive restoration and improvement works at Santon Bridge Village Hall — a building that has served the local community for generations.
The site includes sections dating back to 1864, alongside the later 1920s main hall. It was a real privilege to work across both parts of the building — carefully upgrading, repairing and preserving it while fully respecting its history and character.
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🔨 Structural & External Restoration – 1920s Hall
• Repair of rotten and damaged roofline timbers
• Full strip and restoration of the south-facing gable end
• Installation of wall ties where required
• Installation of additional air bricks to improve subfloor ventilation
• Complete external re-rendering
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🧱 Damp Protection & Internal Upgrades – 1920s Hall
• Full damp treatment to the south-facing gable, including tanking and a chemical DPC system
• Full damp treatment internally within the 1920s hall
• Installation of new load-bearing joists and floorboards, fully treated for wood rot
• Installation of new insulated plasterboards
• Full re-plastering from floor to ceiling
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🏛️ Restoration Works – 1864 Section
Kitchen Area
• Full damp treatment to the kitchen
• Installation of new plasterboards
• Full re-plastering from floor to ceiling
• Removal of the existing kitchen
• Installation of a brand new Howdens kitchen with integrated appliances
• New kitchen lighting and electrical sockets installed
• Floor preparation and installation of oak Karndean flooring
• New skirting boards throughout
Former Larder
• Full damp treatment to the former larder area
• Installation of new plasterboards
• Full re-plastering from floor to ceiling
• Crafting and installing a new custom wooden door, carefully designed to match the original 1864 style and character
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🚪 Safety & Additional Improvements
• Re-hanging fire doors and upgrading fire safety locks
• Draft-proofing works
• Creation of a new internal doorway
• Demolition of a small outbuilding and re-rendering of the exposed area
• Replacement of external guttering with new black half-round gutters and downpipes
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Working on historic buildings like this requires experience, care and attention to detail — and we’re extremely proud to have helped secure this important village hall for many more years to come.
A fantastic project to be part of and one we’re very proud of.
