News and Articles

Renowned historian to present on splendour of Tudor palaces

Historian and broadcaster, Dr Jonathan Foyle, will give a public lecture on Tudor palace interiors at St Andrew's, Collyweston.

A Royal visit to Leicester Cathedral

Last month saw Leicester Cathedral welcome His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh as part of a four venue tour around Leicestershire.

A new era for one of Britain’s most remarkable country houses!

The final phase of work on the State Dining Room at Stowe House culminates 23 years of activity by the Stowe House Preservation Trust to restore the house to a similar appearance of that around the year 1800.

Lunchtime Litter Lovers

Here at Messenger, we are proud to be a part of a company that values environmental sustainability and community engagement.

Restoration of Priory House, Dunstable

On Saturday, April 22nd the Messenger team attended a community St George’s Day event hosted by Dunstable Town Council and their High Street Heritage Action Zone at Priory House.

Conserving the ruins of a Medieval Bishops’ Palace

The Messenger team are nearing two years’ into the project at Lincoln Medieval Bishops’ Palace and our Site Manager, Paddy Lilley, Contracts Manager, Martin Nee, and Heritage & Conservation Senior Building Surveyor, Fred Markland, recently had the pleasure of taking the Natural Stone Specialists around the site to talk about how we are conserving the ancient stonework.

The Mutts Nutts Rescue

We are an office full of dog lovers! Quite often there will be a four-legged friend bumbling around during the working day and so this year we used our Christmas Fundraiser to support something close to home, with pets in mind!

Hallelujah for Handel & Hendrix

The Hallelujah Project is an ambitious project that will see the Messenger team fully restore the London home of the great composer Handel and present new stories about rock legend Jimi Hendrix.

Restoring the rare medieval undercroft at Dunstable’s Priory House

Restoration work to the medieval undercroft at Dunstable’s Priory House, to repair and protect this important historic structure, will begin this month.

An away day at Lord Leycester Hospital!

Last month, several members of the Messenger team headed to Lord Leycester Hospital to deliver a series of traditional workshops for Donald Insall Associates away day. There's only one rule for their away days - the venue has to be one of their current or past projects, and fortunately LLH was the chosen one!

And The Award Goes To….!

Following our previous article announcing our delight in having been shortlisted for multiple projects in this year’s RICS Awards (if you missed it, you can read more here), we are even more pleased to say that Messenger have struck gold in not one but two categories!!

RICS Awards 2022

The RICS Awards showcase the most inspirational initiatives and developments in land, real estate, construction and infrastructure. Messenger are thrilled to have played a part in multiple projects shortlisted for this year’s RICS 2022 Awards.