ALAN
LAMB
trained
at
London’s
Metropolitan
University.
From
1997
to
2007
he
taught
on
the
City
&
Guilds
of
London
Art
School
Conservation
BA
Course
and
for
10
years
held
the
post
of
Head
of
Historic
Carving
at
City
&
Guilds,
responsible
for
the
UK’s
leading
graduate
and
post
graduate
courses
in
wood
carving
and
stone
carving.
From
2007
he
was
master
carver
on
the
“Vertues
Angels”
project
at
St
George’s
Chapel
Windsor,
overseeing
the
design
and
production
of
forty
new
sculptures
for
the
chapel.
In
2012
Alan
designed
and
produced
the
sculptural
work
for
the
Royal
Barge
for
the
Queen’s
Diamond
Jubilee
River
Pageant.
He
is
an
honorary
member
of
The
Worshipful
Company
of
Joiners
and
Ceilers
of
the City of London.
Click the image on left ,for a recent profile in Country Life magazine.
SWAN
FARM
STUDIOS
LTD
was
formed
in
1992
in
the
wake
of
the
National
Trust’s
restoration
of
Uppark
House.
Alan
assembled
a
small
team
of
experienced
carvers,
gilders
and
conservators,
and
founded
Swan
Farm
Studios.
Very
high
level
traditional
craft
skills
and
strong
links
with
the
conservation
departments
of
major
collections
and
teaching
institutions
ensured
an
approach
that
combined
the
best
of
traditional
craft
techniques
with
an
awareness
of
ongoing
academic,
scientific
and
ethical
developments
within
the
conservation world. This ethos continues to define our work.
We carry out consultancy, research, analysis, conservation and repair of fine joinery, carving, sculpture,
and decorative art, including gilded, varnished and polychromed surfaces.
We work in our studios in Shropshire and Oxfordshire and on site at locations across the UK
We also design and create new sculpture in wood, stone or bronze for historically sensitive locations
ABOUT US
The restored Grinling Gibbons painted limewood reredos at Trinity College Oxford
Workshops
Fusion
The Carving Workshop
Jackfield Tile Museum
National Trust Estate Office Yard
Ironbridge
Coleshill
Shropshire
Oxfordshire
TF87 7AP
SN67 PT
Swan Farm Studios Ltd Registered Office, Hall Farm, Hall Farm Road, Ditton Priors, Shropshire, WV16 6SN
Alan Lamb
e: info@alanlamb.co.uk
Tel: 07815605540
The chapel restoration won the Oxford Preservation Trust Conservation Award for 2016
Corpus Christi chapel screen Oxford
Trinity College Oxford
Restoration and conservation of Grinling Gibbons woodcarving and
sculpture, at Trinity College Chapel The project won the Oxford
Preservation Trust Building Conservation Award 2016 and was
shortlisted for the Georgian Group Architectural Conservation
Award
Client: Trinity College Oxford
Corpus Christi College Oxford 2017
Restoration/conservation of woodcarving and wood finishes on the
panelling, stalls and screen at Corpus Christi College Chapel Oxford
Joint winner with Jesus College Hall of the Oxford Preservation Trust
Building Conservation Award 2017 and shortlisted for the RICS
building conservation awards 2017
Client: Cliveden Conservation / Corpus Christi College Oxford
Jesus College Oxford 2017
Restoration and conservation of the Jacobean screen, panelling
and wood finishing at Jesus College Dining Hall.
Joint winner with Corpus Christi Chapel, of the Oxford Preservation Trust
Building Conservation Award 2017
Client: Jesus College Oxford
Carving and joinery repairs in the chapel and Pern Library
Paint analysis and test cleaning of the Chapel ceiling to establish the extent
of a 1630’s painted and gilding scheme, covered with 19th century varnish
Client: Peterhouse College Cambridge
Lincoln College Oxford 2018
Restoration/conservation of polychromed and gilded woodcarving and paneling on the
Ceiling of Lincoln College Chapel Oxford. The project used 38,000 leaves of 23 ¾ ct gold
Client; Lincoln College Oxford
Uphill Manor 2018
Restoration of Joinery, Staircases and panelling at Uphill Manor
Somerset after extensive fire Damage. Shortlisted for the RICS
building conservation awards 2019
Client: Austin Newport Group/Uphill Manor
Peterhouse College Cambridge 2018
Peterhouse chapel cleaning trials
Lincoln College Ceiling
Selected recent projects
2019 / 2020 projects include the conservation of a 1530’s Brabant altar piece for Radley College, an “angel roof “at Cawston in Norfolk,
a condition audit of Grinling Gibbons work at Hampton Court and refurbishment of the screen and stalls at Lincoln College Oxford.
Director Alan Lamb