New training course dates in December for those who wish to learn how to use lime for repointing, building and plastering
M. Womersleys provides more in-depth training courses in the use of lime for building, pointing and …
M Womersley
Historic Building Specialists
Helping specifiers, contractors and building owners understand problems within the fabric of their historic buildings, together with enabling remedial works through specification and training.
Analysis & Investigation
We can analyse plaster, render and building mortars and can deliver mortar specification.
Provide answers for those dealing with salt contamination and our historic paint analysis can help guide redecoration.
Plasterwork & Render
Surveys
We guide the conservation of historic buildings including...
Town Halls, Theatres, Historic Houses and Churches, by surveying the condition of plain and decorative plaster and providing full schedules of repairs.
Training and on-siteSupport
Mark provides training on site to contractors, specifiers and building occupiers, to help them conserve old buildings using:
Lime mortars, renders, plasters; Grouts; Clay mortars and plasters; Traditional paint finishes; and Sympathetic stone repair mortars.
Support for ruinconservation
M. Womersleys can be employed to guide the conservation of the ruined structures and at the same time provide training for volunteer workforces.
International support
and development
Mark Womersley has worked in India, Iraq and Ethiopia to help those involved with the conservation of their internationally important buildings.
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Report on the most appropriate way to repair a stone plinth Gillygate York
M. Womersleys were asked by the owner of a property on Gillygate as to the best way to repair the plinth…
A scheme for the repair of the listed Barn and Granary perpendicular to Lily Hall, June 2026
Introduction M Womersleys were asked to prepare a scheme for the repair of the listed barn …
Bramhall Hall Initial findings after the plaster collection from the upper Solar Chamber
M Womersleys were asked to look at the makeup of the plaster in the Ball Room in the South Wing (Figures…