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November 18, 2025 Comments Off

Project Overview St Michael’s & All Angels Church is in the parish church of Gidea Park, originally built in 1927 and consecrated by the Bishop of Chelmsford in May 1928. Within the grounds

November 5, 2025 Comments Off

Project Overview Bakers of Danbury were appointed to carry out the conservation, cleaning and repair works to the Billericay War Memorial. The work programme involved the cleaning of the Portland stone, coping stone

November 2, 2025 Comments Off

Project Overview Water Lane United Reformed Church is a Grade II Listed building with its congregation founded in 1662. The restoration work programme was a two-part project involving reordering and quinquennial repairs and

October 29, 2025 Comments Off

Project Overview Bakers of Danbury are carrying out a large-scale renovation of old yacht club building in Burnham-on-Crouch to create a stunning riverfront residence.The renovation and extension of the fomer Old Club House

October 29, 2025 Comments Off

Project Overview Waytemore Castle is in Bishop’s Stortford in Hertfordshire. It dates to the 11th Century. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and the remains are Grade 1 listed.The project involved the installation

October 29, 2025 Comments Off

Project Overview The project involved external works to a 15th-century Grade II listed property and the application of traditional lime render. The property’s upper level render panels, some of which were cement render,

September 11, 2025 Comments Off

Community Event in Chelmsford The nearly 190-year-old St John's Church in the heart of Chelmsford began a new chapter this July with the formal reopening of the churchyard and its first ever Green

June 16, 2025 Comments Off

Community Event in Chelmsford The nearly 190-year-old St John's Church in the heart of Chelmsford began a new chapter this July with the formal reopening of the churchyard and its first ever Green

May 19, 2025 Comments Off

Project Overview Bakers of Danbury were appointed to deliver the full construction and project management of a remarkable new build chapel at the Monastery of St John the Baptist in Essex. Designed as

May 19, 2025 Comments Off

Project Overview Bakers of Danbury carried out refurbishment and improvement works to the Breathing Apparatus Training Centre at Clacton Fire Station in Essex. The Clacton Fire Station training centre refurbishment was designed to

May 19, 2025 Comments Off

Project Overview Bakers of Danbury are nearing the completion of a Grade II listed barn conversion in Essex into a commercial letting space. Located on a working farm in Essex, the barn restoration

March 28, 2025 Comments Off

MP James Cleverly is Shown Restoration Progress St Mary's Church James Cleverly MP, Member of Parliament for Braintree, visited St Mary’s Church in Stebbing last week to see firsthand the progress of this

August 5, 2022 Comments Off

Project: Timber repairs to Bourn Windmill Location: Caxton, Cambridge  This open trestle post mill is the oldest surviving windmill in the UK, and is Grade I Listed and designated an Ancient Monument. The entire weight

August 4, 2022 Comments Off

Project: Church redecoration and repair to St Bartholomew Church Location: Wickham Bishops, Essex Bakers carried out the ornate decoration of the church to St Bartholomew in Wickham Bishops.St Bartholomew’s is Grade II listed and is a fine

July 26, 2022 Comments Off

Bakers of Danbury are currently building an extension to St Andrews Church in Helions Bumpstead. The extension will provide the parishioners with a new meeting area, kitchenette and an accessible WC. Constructed from

July 8, 2022 Comments Off

St Marys Church in Mundon is a grade I Listed monument, owned by Friends of Friendless Churches, who describe it as a church that needs a lot of care with unstable ground. Friends

June 29, 2022 Comments Off

Project: Structural repairs with underpinning. Re-rendering and internal plastering Location: Tolleshunt Knights, Essex Bakers carried out structural repairs to a Rectory in Tolleshunt Knights for the Community of St John the Baptist. The flank wall

June 28, 2022 Comments Off

Bakers of Danbury are the appointed Retained Contractor for the planned and preventative maintenance, as well as emergency works, to the Grade 1 listed Chelmsford Cathedral over a two-year period. The preventative maintenance

June 9, 2022 Comments Off

The octagonal spire roof, which is covered with cedar shingles has suffered extensive damage caused by woodpeckers pecking holes in the shingle roof. Bakers will first remove the softwood cedar shingles from the

May 11, 2022 Comments Off

The central chimney of the Lowther Lodge had been supported by scaffolding for over two decades. It was important that Bakers carried out urgent structural repairs without compromising the appearance of the Grade

May 11, 2022 Comments Off

Summary: Refurbishment and alterations to Westminster Abbey InfirmaryLocation: Westminster, LondonChallenge: Access to this part of Westminster Abbey is restrictedSolution: Bakers of Danbury carried out refurbishment and alterations to Westminster Abbey Infirmary providing a

May 6, 2022 Comments Off

Bakers carried out a re-order of the church which included a new mezzanine floor with a glass screen entrance within the tower to allow the tower to become a usable space. Externally, stone

May 3, 2022 Comments Off

The challenge was digging the pockets in between the trees as the trees prevented the digger from being able to get to where it needed to excavate. Bakers of Danbury carried out hand

May 3, 2022 Comments Off

Bakers completed a new build church extension providing a fantastic new community room with kitchen area and new toilet facilities to St Mary Church in Colchester, Essex. The new extension sits separately to

May 3, 2022 Comments Off

Bakers of Danbury recently completed works to the Former Library on Mill Road, Cambridge to repair, conserve and restore the historic fabric of the Victorian Grade II listed building. The building had been

October 27, 2021 Comments Off

St Leonard’s Church in Shoreditch is a Grade I listed church constructed in brick with a Portland stone façade and dressings, and slate roofs. Built in 1740, it is one of the oldest

September 24, 2021 Comments Off

Under instruction from The City of London Corporation, Bakers undertook a large restoration project at St Lawrence Jewry, which stands in the yard of the Guildhall.The objective of the 18 month project was

July 29, 2021 Comments Off

Investigations were carried out into the foundations, and it was found that they were suitable, so Bakers could continue with the conservation and repair works. Colchester Archaeological Trust were involved in the investigations.

July 29, 2021 Comments Off

Bakers carried out consolidation to the masonry walls which consist mainly of flint. Repairs were carried out to the cracks and sections of the mortar capping on top of the walls. Bakers surveyed

April 9, 2021 Comments Off

Bakers of Danbury Ltd recently carried out conservation works to the east window of the Union Chapel in London. The beautiful stained glass window had opaque secondary glazing on the outside of the

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