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Skillington’s work to conserve the Theodosian Palace at Stobi in North Macedonia is being extended through the provision of another summer training course in conserving archaeological sites for the Balkan Heritage Field School 2026. The Institute for Field Research has partnered with the Balkan Heritage Foundation to organise this summer…

Spalding War Memorial, Ayscoughfee Hall Gardens, Lincolnshire Skillingtons have completed the specialist conservation of a Sir Edwin Lutyens designed First World War memorial in Spalding in time for Remembrance Day. Having suffered from pooling water, damp issues and deteriorating stonework, Skillingtons were engaged to carry out a five-month programme of…

Leighton Buzzard Market Cross Skillingtons recent conservation of the Leighton Buzzard market cross has won a Civic Trust Award. Project Architect, Rena Pitsilli-Graham, nominated the work. The judges said: “The project has not only preserved a significant historical landmark but also reinforced its cultural and aesthetic value to Leighton Buzzard’s…

Skillington’s work to conserve the Theodosian Palace at Stobi in North Macedonia is being extended and will include the provision of a training course in conserving archaeological sites for the Balkan Heritage Field School 2025. The spectacular archaeological site of Stobi is close to the village of Gradsko in the…

Leighton Buzzard Market Cross Skillingtons recent conservation of the Leighton Buzzard market cross has been shortlisted as a Regional Finalist for a Civic Trust Award. Project Architect, Rena Pitsilli-Graham, nominated the work. Leighton Buzzard Market Cross following conservation by Skillingtons in 2024. The 2025 AABC Conservation Awards are for “projects…

The Monson Mausoleum at St John’s Church, South Carlton, Lincolnshire Since 2011, Skillingtons has been checking the large 1625 monument by Nicholas Stone in the Monson Mausoleum at the Grade I listed St John the Baptist Church in South Carlton, Lincolnshire. Back in 2015-16, a report was commissioned on the…

Emma Teale, Senior Conservator, writes: Skillingtons were first asked in 2022 by the Woodland Trust to have a look at graffiti removal and brick repair at a WW2 firing wall in Alma Park Wood, part of Londonthorpe Woods, Grantham. This is a slightly unusual and interesting job for Skillington Workshop as…

Conservators from Skillingtons worked with an international team led by Graham Abrey for the Balkan Heritage Foundation with the National Institution Stobi at a site in North Macedonia. They were helping to conserve part of one of the most important buildings at Stobi; the 4th century Roman residential Theodosian Palace.…

At Wingfield church on Wednesday 10th April 2024 between 2pm-4pm, Skillingtons are hosting a free ‘pop-up’ event on behalf of the Church Monuments Society. All welcome. Join us if you can for a unique insight into ongoing conservation works by Skillington Workshop Ltd. at the fascinating St Andrews Church, Wingfield,…

Skillngtons has received a grant of £10,100 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help us manage the increased costs and the uncertainty around working through the Covid pandemic. We are one of 2,700 recipients from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund.…