project: oldham town hall - ornate...

Project: Oldham Town Hall

Multi Award Winning


I worked with Ornate Interiors for approximately 13 months on a very challenging project for Oldham Council, the projectwas the refurbishment of their old town hall building. I have nothing but praise for Ornate's approach to all aspects of theirworks including quality, safety and working collaboratively towards the programme. The works they completed were to a very high standard and were praised by both the client and the heritage officer. The professional attitude and knowledge of the management reflected throughout their company to operatives on site.

I would not hesitate in employing Ornate Interiors on similar projects in the future.

Mark ComaishSenior Site Manager

Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd

This contract value wasapproximately £600,000

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Lantern ceiling prior to demolition.

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Completed works.

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Elements that were existing couldn’t be used due to rotten timbers.

Staircase one ceiling near completion. IaIn and Ray putting final touches to panel mouldings.

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Replaced rotten timbers before we started work

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We worked on 20 rooms

Completed lantern

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Staircase two before starting on site.

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Timescale: 13 month project

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Replaced panel mouldings. All completed and ready for handover.

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© Paul Karalius

Completed lantern ceiling.Cofferred ceiling and cornice at the top of staircase two.

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Before and after of the restored lintel details and pilaster caps on doorway to cinemas on staircase two.

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Original details to replicate from. All had to be removed due to rotten timbers.E New proscenium arch and restored crest installed.

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Original corbels.

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New corbels that were fitted, although not fitted direct to the ceiling for acoustic reasons.

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Jake in action. An example of the scale of size of the corbels fitted.

Steve and Jake hard at work.

Close-up of Modallion Block cornice.Three-coat sand lime plasterwork to walls, semi-circular arch head and plaster head mouldings to match existing.

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Egyptian room prior to demolition.

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Egyptian room.

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Photography: www.gregharding.co.uk

Egyptian room ceiling teamwork.

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Egyptian room ceiling completed.

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Egyptian room detailed cornice.

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Corbel in Costa Coffee.

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Courthouse before we started work.

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Courthouse in its completed glory.

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We had a team of four plasterers working on walls and ceilings along with four to six fibrous plasterers

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Prestigious FIS Gold Award for Ornate InteriorsThe excellence of the work done by Ornate Interiors, who have operated from premises in Pudsey for over 20 years, has been recognised with the Gold Award for Heritage Plastering in this year’s Construction Industry’s Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) presentations. The judges considered 50 shortlisted projects across 12 categories. The Heritage Plastering Gold Award recognised the massive contribution that Ornate Interiors made to the three-year redevelopment of the derelict and endangered Grade II listed Oldham Town Hall to a cinema and restaurant complex. Ornate Interiors were awarded the ultimate accolade when the judges chose this project as the FIS Project of the Year.460 leading figures from the sector gathered at The Dorchester Hotel, London, on 5th June for the celebratory lunch at whichMiles Jupp was compere and guest speaker. The judges, Tony Pieri and Clive Perry, commented “The finished project exudesthe highest quality of workmanship, quality and ingenuity. It is simply stunning.”The project team had to solve a wide range of problems, many presented because parts of the building had been left open to theelements, key features had deteriorated beyond recognition and original features were missing, but others because of the change in use, which meant new performance criteria had to be met, particularly in terms of acoustics. Technical issues included finding ways of reducing the weight of features and alternatives to fixing them.

The project brief included lime plastering onto masonry walls, lath and lime plastering to ceilings and the reproductionof ornate plaster mouldings on staircases and in 20 rooms. All new mouldings were manufactured in fibrous plaster, including cornices, fluted corbels, beam ceilings, columncapitals, lighting troughs, ceiling roses and roundels.The Grenfell Tower disaster and subsequent investigationshave exposed the need for a culture change across all sectors of the Construction industry. The FIS is determined to lead in promoting the highest standards in project management and delivery with their Product, Process and People initiative, which guarantees competence in every aspect and at every stage. In the judges’ opinion the Oldham Town Hall Project “epitomises what FIS is all about: precision, dedication and a desire to deliver a top quality finished product”. That is sometestimonial for the time-served expertise, technical knowledge and creativity of the team at Ornate Interiors.Ornate Interiors Contracts Manager, Jim Dodd, commented “I knew that if we got this project right, using the combined skills we have within our team, we could create a lasting legacy for the people of Oldham to enjoy for many generations to come. As with most projects, it was not plain sailing but we dug deep into our skill base to overcome problems and everyoneat Ornate Interiors is proud to have won the accoladeof best project in the UK.”


I was really pleased that Ornate Interiors was appointed as the preferred plastering contractor for the heritage packageon this project.

I knew that if we got this project right, using all our combined skillsthat we have within our team that we could leave a lasting legacy for the client and the people of Oldham and one that could showcase our expertise to a wider audience.

Undertaking this restoration as contracts manager gave me great personal pleasure in seeing the building being put back together as it used to be.

It was, as with most projects not plain sailing, when the old courtroom was handed over to us to commence our works it was decimated, with hardly any original features being left to restore, so we dug deep into our skill base and the results we produced are there for all to see.

This project is one that all at Ornate Interiors is proud of and to be given the accolade of best project in the UK by FIS really tops off a first class project which will be enjoyedby the people of Oldham for many generations to come.

Jim DoddContracts Manager

Ornate Interiors Ltd

Pictured left to right: Richard Hanney, The Master of The Worshipful Company of PlaisterersRonnie Clifford, Managing Director, Ornate InteriorsSue Clifford, Business Development, Ornate InteriorsJim Dodd, Contracts Manager, Ornate InteriorsMiles Jupp, Comedian

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• Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Project of the Year

• National Construction Awards (Constructing Excellence)- Preservation and Regeneration

• North West Construction Awards (Constructing Excellence) - Preservation and Regeneration Award.

• RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) NW Awards

o Design through Innovation

o Regeneration Category

o Project of the Year

• LABC (Local Authority Building Control) NW Awards

o Best Change of Use

• RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) NW Awards

o RIBA NW Regional Award

o RIBA NW Conservation Award

• Manchester Architects Awards - Community 'Built' category

• Architects Journal Retrofit Awards

• IStructE NW - Large Project of the Year Award

• George Grenfell-Baines (GGB) Award 2016 - BDP's Building of the Year

• Mixology North - Hospitality Interior of the Year

The project has received numerous other industry awards:

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Completed Corbel Cornice



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The finished project exudes the highest quality of workmanship, quality and ingenuity. It is simply stunning.

Tony Pierl and Clive PerryFIS judges

It was a pleasure to work with Ornate Interiors on the challenging Oldham Town Hall adaption to new cinema and restaurant use. The attentionto faithful detail, effective communication and understanding of the architectural intent with clever problem solving made them a pleasure to work with.

The quality of their finished work was superb and we have received a lot of positive feedback regarding the restoration component of the project and in particular the fine plasterwork to the lantern and the new ‘Courtroom’ cinema, work which is now award winning.

Christine DavisLead Conservation Architect on behalf of BDP

The completed Courtroom cinema.

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The completed Courtroom cinema.

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It is unique, there isn’t a cinema like it in the country. At the same time the setting is amazing. The fact that so many of the original features of the building have been either restored or retained is very impressive.Councillor Jean StrettonLeader, Oldham Council

Picture credit: www.bdp.com/en/projects/m-o/oldham-town-hall/


Our thanks go to our skilled team who worked very hard on delivering a high standard for this project

Jim Dodd - Contracts ManagerLisa Hesson - Administrative AssistantLiz Walton - Project Finance Management

Workshop:Jason RiderShaun Chamberlain

On Site:Iain CliffordSteve WaterhouseSteve GlynnJoe DoddsLuke DoddsLewis PattisonJake Clifford - Apprentice

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Acorn Works534 Broad LaneStanningleyPudseyWest YorkshireLS28 6PAUnited Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0) 113 236 0864Email: [email protected]: www.ornateinteriors.co.uk


Multi Award Winning

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