Plaster Coving, Cornice & Ceiling Roses in Newcastle

We deliver plaster coving to Newcastle and throughout the north east at least once a week, so there is never long to wait after placing an order. We use our own vans and drivers to ensure coving arrives in good condition, our drivers will check the coving is handled carefully and stacked safely on delivery, this is particularly important on busy or crowded building sites where damage can occur.

All our plaster coving and ceiling roses are still made by hand using the same materials and techniques that were used in Victorian times, cornice is made in 8 foot (2.4) lengths, each piece is individually moulded, as are all our plaster ceiling roses. We carry large amounts of finished coving and ceiling roses in stock, allowing us to meet even the largest orders in a few days, as we do not have to wait for cornice to dry after being cast.

The Romans built a fort and a bridge over the river Tyne as part of the defenses for Hadrian's wall, then following the fall of the roman empire, the settlement carried on and became known as Monkchester. It gained its present name after Robert Curthose (son of William the Conqueror) built a new wooden castle here in 1080.  Newcastle then thrived as a port exporting wool to the continent before the wool trade was overtaken by coal in the sixteenth century which was primarily shipped to the rapidly growing city of London. A Royal act of 1530 decreed that all coal exports from the North East must be shipped from Newcastle.

The city was already thriving when the industrial revolution began and the Victorian period saw huge prosperity generated from heavy industry, ship building and the continued coal trade. This financed the construction of many fine public buildings during a grand architectural redevelopment of the city, with fine neo classical streets and squares.  Along with the public buildings many fine private houses were built in the Victorian period in areas such as Gosforth and Jesmond. Huge amounts of terraced properties were also built throughout the city for the ever growing numbers of workers in the factories.

All these properties would have originally had a full set of decorative mouldings, both plaster and timber, skirting boards and architraves chosen to complement the plaster cornice and ceiling roses and maybe corbels and panel mouldings in some of the more ornate schemes. Fortunately most of the plasterwork has survived but where it has not we have worked on many of the restorations, always popular for Victorian property renovations is swan neck cornice, so called because it extends further across the ceiling than it does down the wall.  Its distinctive design will be familiar to anybody interested in older houses, it was widely used in the Victorian period and continued to be popular through into the Edwardian era. We have a range of different swan neck cornices to with something for all ceiling heights LPC017 is suitable for the highest of Victorian ceilings found in the larger Victorian houses with LPC030 and MPC065 ideal for above average and average height ceilings respectively, MPC065 is also often chosen by customers wanting to give a Victorian feel to a more modern house. For something more ornate LPC019 is a fine Victorian design featuring Acanthus leaves and Modillion blocks which is guaranteed to make an impression just as it did in Victorian times. A plain spun ceiling rose such as LPR074 will go well with any Sawn neck cornice or for something more ornate LPR060 is a fine Victorian design featuring Acanthus leaves. We also have a small range of carefully chosen period timber mouldings to match our cornice if you need to replace larger Victorian skirting boards and architraves ARC002 and SB009 are a good choice

We don't just make plaster coving for older houses we have a full range of styles and sizes for all ages and types of house. Designs such as LPC015 a plaster cornice that looks good anywhere with average and above ceiling heights, it is especially popular for houses built from the 1920s onwards if you do not have the ceiling height MPC046 is just as stylish with smaller proportions.

Samples of all our coving can be ordered off the individual product pages. Also on these pages are hundreds of pictures that have been sent in by our customers showing our cornice in real life situations. They are the best way to see how a particular design might look in your own home, it is always surprising how different the same coving can look in different room settings depending on how they have been decorated and furnished. Samples only take a couple of days to arrive.

We would suggest you use experienced coving fitters to fit your cornice, it is usually both quicker and cheaper with a better finish, they will not have problems with walls that are not straight ceilings that are not level and corners that are not right angles, all things that are just part of the job especially with older houses.

We have good contacts with local tradesmen and can put you in contact. If you have any other questions or would like any further information or advice please call our customer services team. They will be happy to talk to you.