Preservation & restoration of 14th Century floor

Seafarers’ Chapel, Bristol Cathedral floor was heavily worn, weathered and needed restoration work to improve its safety, and enhance accessibility for visitors and the cathedral congregation. Nick Cox Architects appointed Cliveden Conservation to undertake the major phase of stone repairs to the floor, together with the conservation and repair of the marble memorial tablets. The aim was to retain the historic layout of the floor, keeping the larger ledger slabs in situ whilst lifting and replacing the decayed and worn Pennant sandstone.