Turkish Baths Decorators Win Top Award
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of a team of specialists employed by Harrogate Borough Council to carry out the £1m restoration of its Turkish Baths in Harrogate has won an industry award for their work.
Specialist decorators, W H Bonney of York have been very highly commended in the Decorative category of the Painting and Decorating Association's National Premier Trophy Awards 2005.
The whole of the restoration work was undertaken through a conservation plan, which was produced by Peter Gaze Pace, Chartered Architects of York.
Mike Bonney and his team researched the original decoration of the Turkish Baths with the architect and have carefully restored the original as near as possible.
This included hand crafting stencil templates to follow the original designs.
Councillor Pat Jones, Cabinet Member for Cultural Services, has congratulated W H Bonney on this award.
She said: "This was painstaking work and it was wonderful to see the peeling away of years of re-decoration to reveal the original intention of a highly decorative facility.
Mike Bonney and his team were tireless.
You can't just pop down to a DIY store and find stencils.
They had to hand-design and cut each one before they even got near to opening a paint tin.
The results are just fabulous and are drawing compliments from visitors both local and from around the world."
The presentation of the awards will take place on 9 June at the Painters' Hall in London.
They will be awarded by Master of the Livery Company, Mr David Clover, to Mike Bonney, his foreman Will Ferguson and Peter Gaze Pace, Architect.
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attached are a couple of jpgs of the decorators in action and some of the finished product.
FURTHER INFORMATION: Councillor Pat Jones is available for comment on 01423 872466 and Mike Bonney on 01904 628336