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We create emotional connections with spaces, elevating architecture with personality and style. Our legacy joinery is timeless, durable, uncompromising in quality, delivered on time and to the letter of the brief.

  • Close up image of a wooden staircase by NBJ in London's historic Inner Temple

    Inner Temple, London

    Restoration

  • Bespoke (Covid-19) memorial by NBJ in St Paul's Cathedral

    St Paul's Cathedral, London

    Heritage

  • Restored historic joinery and panelling by NBJ for The Corn Exchange, Brighton

    The Corn Exchange

    Restoration

We are experts in the restoration of historic buildings, breathing new life into old friends. Our team is known and trusted by some of the most significant cultural institutions in the UK. As proven, we have the vision, expertise and equipment to design and engineer solutions to the most challenging of briefs. And we will deliver on time, no matter how complex the project is.

Case studies

01

St Paul’s Cathedral, London

Alongside Caroe Architecture and Sir Robert McAlpine Special Projects, we carried out the technical design, supply and installation for all joinery finishes to clad the structure of the Remember Me Covid-19 memorial in the Inner Portico at St Paul’s Cathedral. This tribute to those who died during the pandemic was the first major change and the first structure of its kind to be built in the cathedral in nearly 150 years. All joinery used English Oak sourced from homegrown oak specialist Whippletree Hardwoods. Our team navigated significant challenges – daily worship and events, access issues, noise constraints, Covid restrictions and a tight six-month timeframe – to deliver on schedule, creating a powerful legacy for generations to come. 

Close up image of wooden engraving on the (Covid-19) memorial by NBJ in St Paul's Cathedral

02

Inner Temple, London

We worked on the development of the Inner Temple’s new library and educational facilities, part of the building's first major works since its reconstruction following damage during the Second World War. The project, our largest to date, included the complex refurbishment of the existing second-floor library (including complete removal, extensive adaptions, re-finishing and reinstatement), new library bookcases, solid-oak slatted panelling in the auditorium, refurbishment of over a hundred sash windows and new joinery/cabinetry and internal doorsets (including a large number of fire doorsets) throughout. Being an integral part of the design development process helped us to balance heritage detailing with highly technical modern functions. And when it came to removing, refurbishing, adapting, refinishing and reinstating the second-floor library, the client said it looked as if it had left the building!! 

Bespoke wooden joinery and shelving by NBJ in London's historic Inner Temple

“The standard of the workmanship was exemplary, and has drawn favourable comments from a wide range of visitors and stakeholders. It was a pleasure to work with Neil and his team and experience their evident pride in what they do. They are a deservedly thriving business at the top of their game.”

– Richard Snowdon, Director of Properties & Surveyor
The Inner Temple