Master Heritage Painters, Decorators & Artists
Our Professional Heritage Services
Heritage Conservation-Restoration
Sensitive traditional heritage conservation, restoration and reconstruction. Professional superior quality commercial and residential heritage painting, decorating, furniture, art.
Traditional Heritage Finishes
Traditional heritage finishes boast heritage colour schemes, traditional heritage paints such as soft distempers, tallow lime wash etc. and beautiful decorative arts finishes.
Heritage Art & Conservation
Heritage art, trompe l’oeil, Renaissance art, cartouches, frescoes, fine art, sign writing, art conservation-restoration, Chinoiserie, leadlight, Gothic & Pugin designs, heraldry.
Lead Asbestos Moisture Scrapings
Safe lead and asbestos testing and removal, moisture testing, professional and sensitive heritage paint scrapings and analysis etc.
Heritage Wallpaper Restoration
Heritage wallpaper restoration, cleaning, repair, hanging and installation. William Morris, hand painted wallpaper, Anaglypta.
Furniture Restoration Service
Antique furniture restoration service incl. bosieres, armoires, staining, French polish, furniture art & designs, gilding and more.
Heritage projects in Sydney include the Lowy Institute for International Policy, Sydney Parliament House, Highroyd House in Annadale, Rivendell Great Hall and more. Our Adelaide projects boast the Adelaide Town Hall, the Museum for Economic Botany, the Port Adelaide Historical Society and so many more. Melbourne projects include “Auld Reekie” National Trust house in Parkville. We also performed heritage furniture restoration work in the Wesley Uniting Church in Hobart. Lancaster Painters Australia are heritage listed in South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, and a member of the National Trust of Australia. Visit our heritage projects page to see our commercial projects, residential projects and heritage Church work.
Traditional Heritage Painting & Sign Writing
As master heritage painters trained by English and Scottish master craftsmen with their City and Guilds qualifications in painting and decorating, our skills are included as part of the Lost Trades. We provide authentic, traditional and historic heritage finishes. Being traditional tradespeople, we focus on the preservation of the knowledge of craft work specific to historic building technologies of both traditional and non-traditional materials. We conform to the Burra Charter and are able to provide painting methods that are reproduced using the same paint methods and materials employed after which painting methods began to dominate the industry.
We base our work on exhaustive and continuous research into methods, materials, techniques and styles. Being master heritage painters, each job is individually hand painted by skilled artisans without compromises in quality, historical accuracy or consistency. Working from original paint scrapings, we have successfully reproduced paint finishes and decorative finishes by understanding documentary evidence and have accurately reproduced the style, character and look of the original period look. Our experience includes the stabilising and application of lead and milk paints, soft distempers and tallow lime wash. We are committed to using the correct type of superior quality paint and materials for all our heritage work. See our traditional heritage painting.
Restoring Our Heritage
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Restoring Our Heritage
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The Botanic Museum
Heritage Skills Training
Decorative Finishes by Heritage Painters
Photos above: Gary Lancaster meticulously applied traditional heritage finishes in “Auld Reekie” National Trust House and The Thomas Walker Estate of Concord West hospital Rivendell Great Hall. The heritage reconstruction work included painted colour schemes to match the original paint and colour schemes, traditional sign writing and application of 22 karat gold leaf to the lettering, cleaning and repair of stained glass windows, reconstruction of heritage decorative finishes, designs and motifs, and more.