wrought iron wall chandelier St. Marys church derby built by the famous architect A.M.H Pugin

Originally these wall chandeliers were going to be built by B. Rourkes an ironsmith that has completed works on Downing Street,and Liverpool Football Club but sadly they went into administration.

One of our contacts in the wrought iron supply industry aquired a lot of  Rourkes components.Our contact was then contacted by the architect dealing with the works on St. Marys who passed our details on to him.

As a result, we have currently made the first of eight wall chandeliers which are currently being passed for approval from numerous societies and bodies that are involved in such a historical building
and we hope to have the go ahead within the new year.

 In these pictures the items are not finished and are in unfinished metal. Once everything gets the final approval we hope to be able bring you pictures of them finished and finished in place within this magnificent church.....

It is truly an honor to have been able to work on this project and we look forward to finishing the rest of them.

We hope that in sharing the story of this job we have highlighted just what we are able to do and our passion for decorative ironwork. If you have anything that you would like producing, no matter how complicated, decorative or out of the ordinary it would be a pleasure to hear from you.

What does the gate company do ?

For our first post I thought I should talk about who we are and what we do so you could get to know a little about us personally and professionally.

First let me introduce my business "The gate company" or irongatecompany  we are a gate manufacturing company based in Draycott in the moors, in the Staffordshire moorlands near Stoke on Trent however we carry out work all over the UK including Scotland, Wales, and Cornwall, and many of our work can be seen in London and surrounding areas.
we have even completed work in the south of France and Ireland see our other completed works posts for some examples

We are primarily a gate manufacturer, but with our diverse and knowledgeable Team we also carry out other jobs in metal and wood our past work has included replica vintage wooden lorry bodies, wooden decking installations, and one of our most prized pieces a wrought iron wall chandelier for the famous architect A W N Pugin's Church in derby which was the first church where he expressed his Gothic revival style St. Marys in derby. (for details see our post written all about this)

Our base is at Lower hill farm in Draycott accessible through Draycott plant nurseries
our workshop and display area is currently in use but undergoing a lot of improvements we hope to have our trade counter new offices and display up and running for the spring 2014 where we will hold a stock of some of our standard products such as planters, wooden fencing, and landscaping products that can be bought immediately in person or shipped same / next day.

We are also hoping to build a traditional forge, enabling us to further increase our bespoke service and produce truly beautiful one off custom designs in a traditional fashion.
   
so that covers our business what about the people behind the company?
read on to our next posts to see who we are what we have done and what we do now !