Join Cliveden Conservation at their pop-up in Oxford Castleyard to learn more about their wide-ranging conservation work. Have a go at plaster moulding and make your own cast to take away!

About Cliveden Conservation

As a company, Cliveden Conservation are involved in the repair of traditional buildings and objects, conserving, repairing and restoring material from pre-Roman material through to twentieth century buildings and artefacts. The company is based at Cliveden Estate on the Berkshire Buckinghamshire borders with regional workshops in the west country and the east. Originally established as an in-house studio by the National Trust, Cliveden Conservation is celebrating its thirty fifth year as an independent company. Still working with and for the National Trust including many properties in the surrounding areas, together with private country houses, cathedrals, churches, Oxford Colleges and many others. Work encompasses stone, plaster and the decorative arts current works on site include repairs to a section of the West Front of Wells Cathedral, uncovering and restoring a major painted scheme at Nottingham Cathedral together with recent projects working with, repairing and installing mosaics.  In attendance on the day will be senior conservator Douglas Carpenter and Cliveden Director Tom Flemons.

Douglas brings a wealth of experience having worked at Cliveden for over twenty-five years, currently working at Wells, Douglas spent much of 2024 at Lanhydrock House in Cornwall cleaning, repairing and re-decorating the fabulous Jacobean long gallery ceiling, subsequently featured on the 'Hidden Treasures of the National Trust' television series. Douglas' work has taken him around the country with significant periods spent at Chastleton House and Waddeson.

Similarly, Tom has been at Cliveden for thirty plus years, training originally as a stonemason, then conservator, moving on to a Fellowship with the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Moving off the tools into management he has overseen a wide variety of projects involving major stone repairs at Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire, the handling, manipulation and transfer of a huge collection of Roman stonework from the Roman Baths, Bath. Overseeing the restoration of the Seafarers Chapel floor at Bristol Cathedral, repair and re-construction of monuments, together with widespread teaching and lecturing.

• Disabled access: Oxford Castleyard is step-free and paved
• Toilets available (including disabled access)
• The Castleyard café will be open