Masonry firm boosted by six-figure church work

A brickwork contractor has bolstered its order book with £350,000 church projects.

Classic Masonry has carried out repairs to buildings in Hartlepool and Newcastle.

Bosses say the work will protect the sites “for generations well into the future”.

The North Shields-based business delivered £250,000 improvements to St Hilda’s Church, in Hartlepool, which included masonry repairs, re-roofing, leadwork, clerestory window restoration, internal glazed partition installation and electrical work.

Funding for the project was secured via the National Lottery Heritage at Risk programme.

It additionally took down and rebuilt the tomb of Ouseburn Foundry owner James Glynn at Newcastle’s St Andrew’s Church, and carried out repointing, hoodmould repairs and water table rebedding at Shieldfield’s Christ Church, also in Newcastle.

Mike Moody, Classic Masonry managing director, said: “The three churches all had different requirements, and it is a tribute to the depth of skill and expertise within our teams that we were able to provide solutions we know will stand the test of time.

“While each project differed, the combining element was their wonderful history and heritage that goes back many hundreds of years.”

The projects build on recent work to create paddlestone walls at Sunderland’s Riverside Park.

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