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Conservation

The Conservation of historic materials is a key service offered by Heritage Project Contracts. The Company works in partnership with a number of PACR Accredited conservators and its employees are skilled in a wide range of traditional craft skills. HPC is not only experienced in the application of practical conservation treatment techniques, but is also able to carry out condition assessments, prepare treatment specifications and provide guidance on costings. This allows a client to fully understand their objects' requirements and the likely costs. HPC is pleased to be able to work with museums and galleries across the UK helping to care for the collections in their care.

Cooke Plough, Lincolnshire Museum of Rural Life
John Cooke & Son were noted manufacturers of horse drawn ploughs based in Lincoln. The Lincolnshire Museum of Rural Life has a number of ploughs attributed to Cooke in their collection. The Museum is based in the listed former barracks built for the Royal North Lincoln Militia. It houses a comprehensive social history collection celebrating the culture of Lincolnshire since 1750.
Heritage Project Contracts is able to provide a comprehensive conservation service to clients. It was appointed by the Rural Life museum to undertake the careful cleaning and conservation of this locally important plough that had survived in an original, unrestored condition. It was cleaned to remove loose corrosion layers back to a sound surface, preserving all the original surviving paint layers, before being protected with a layer of microcrystalline wax. It was then returned to the Museum for display.
Works completed - February 2015
Client - Museum of Rural Life
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