Case Studies

Janet Carey a long standing customer of Wrights of Lymm was awarded the job of repairing the weathervane of The Caledonian Clock Tower, built in 1855. The 46 metres (151ft) tower and weathervane are Grade II listed, so what an honour this must have been for Janet to be part of the restoration of such history. The weathervane was stripped...

David Kynaston….As a teenager, when milking the cows at his home farm, would take the opportunity of using chalk on a big plastered wall to practise lettering, and now some 38 years later David is now known all over the world for his talent in signwriting, graining, gilding and the most amazing artist skills and has featured in many publications...

In the year that Great Britain issued the world’s first adhesive stamp, The Penny Black featuring Queen Victoria, construction began on Westminster Palace replacing an earlier Medieval palace which burned down in 1834 and Charles Wilkes was first to identify Antarctica as a continent,  a gentleman named William Wright took up gold beating in the City of London forming what...

This past few months have been very strange times for us all and I’m sure it will be some time before we will all be back to what we class as “normal”, however we at Wrights of Lymm have not wanted to let you any of our customer base down and have continued working through this pandemic to be here...

Port Meirion in North Wales, what an idyllic place, so unique with such a close knit community that take pride in their village.  It was a pleasure watching on Tuesday evening on ITV, The Village, a series of a year in the life of a village keeping the magic alive. We saw Resident artist Nigel taking on the job of...

We have a wide range of gold and imitation leaf in a variety of shades to create wonderful effects on things you can find round your home such as glass jars, shells or even pebbles from your garden. Here are just a few ideas, so give it a go.....to see the vast range of leaf we supply visit www.stonehouses.co.uk

New delivery of all your One Shot Paints and Sundries has now arrived.....we now have all colours back in stock, so whilst in this lockdown we find ourselves in, get your orders in for those signwriting jobs to keep you busy.  If signwriting is something new to you and you want to give it a try then we offer Mel...

Something to look forward to when this surreal situation we find ourselves in is over....shopping again !! We have been involved with the decor of one of Manchester's most famous shopping centres, The Trafford Centre since it was very first built in 1998, supplying all of the gold leaf giving it that luxurious finish. Over the last few months we...

As we find ourselves in unusual times due to Covid-19, we would like to assure our customers that its business as usual, however please allow some time for deliveries, as Royal Mail have announced that Special Deliveries can’t be guaranteed on time and I’m sure other couriers will soon follow suit. As it is business as usual, we are still...

Whilst stocks last Wrights of Lymm have available a selected colour range of Rowney Georgian Oil Colours in 38ml , 75ml and 225ml at a reduced rate , the 38ml for £0.95 and the 75ml at £3.15 and the 225ml at £8.46  , The Rowney Georgian Oil Colours are available from the Special offers section of our website.   https://www.stonehouses.co.uk/special-offers/semi-gloss-signwriting-enamel.html  ...