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NEW APPRENTICE FROM THE PRINCE’S FOUNDATION FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Nancy Peskett has joined the workforce at Fairhaven and Woods in Cambridge on a Masonry apprenticeship, funded by the Princes Foundation for the Built Environment. The scheme is an eight month programme... 

CSCS Heritage Cards

Many of the buildings we work on are listed by English Heritage as historically and culturally significant. Worryingly, according to research carried out by the National Heritage Training Group (NHTG),... 

STONE AWARDS 2010

Lady Fairhaven, Chairman and founder of Fairhaven and Woods Ltd, received an award for Craftsmanship from Bill Beaumont, rugby legend, at the Awards Ceremony held at Lords Cricket ground on 12th November. The... 

The Memorial Gardens, Norwich

A Ceremony of Remembrance took place on 11th November 2010 at the recently restored Memorial Gardens in Norwich, which the Norwich branch of the company has recently completed. The renovation work began... 

Royal Anglian Regimental Memorial, Duxford

On 12th September 2010 the new memorial to the Royal Anglian Regiment was unveiled, as recorded by the press release issued after the event. THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT MEMORIAL UNVEILED A memorial to honour... 

Private Residence, London

The latest big project won by our carving department consists of the design and execution of a carved pediment for a large new build private residence in north London. The architect provided a rough outline... 

NATURAL STONE AWARDS – 2010

The Stone Federation Great Britain runs the biennial Natural Stone Awards in which stone companies nationwide compete for recognition.  Our company received awards in 2006 both for St George, Bloomsbury... 

Royal Anglian Regiment Memorial, Duxford

Fairhaven and Woods are proud to have won the Main Contract to produce a new memorial for the Royal Anglian Regiment which is sited in Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridge, home of the Imperial War Museum and... 

Kenilworth Castle

As part of the English Heritage project to reinstate the Elizabethan Garden of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester at Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire, Fairhaven and Woods have been commissioned to carve... 

Queen Mother Memorial

On 24th February 2009 the new Queen Mother Memorial was unveiled by Her Majesty, The Queen. Fairhaven and Woods are proud to have been commissioned to carve the heraldic relief panels for this project,...