Bishop Sherlock's Room

Fulham Palace, London

Project Name

Fulham Palace - Public

Location

London, UK

“The quality of the carving your company provided for Bishop Sherlock’s Room is simply outstanding. Congratulations to you and your team of carvers. The craftsmanship on display is extraordinary and the appearance of the room is remarkable as a result.”

— Dr. Scott Cooper, Director, Fulham Palace

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Details – specialties, skills etc.

AD 704 Bishop Waldhere acquired the Manor of Fulham and was a vast estate covering most of Hammersmith, Fulham, Acton, Ealing and Finchley. Fulham Palace became the country home of bishops of London from the 11th century and around 1495 the Tudor courtyard and great hall were built.

In the 1750’s Bishop Sherlock built an elaborately decorated dining room which was later gutted and the original fireplace removed. Now a grade one listed building, Architects Thomas Ford & Partners, found clues in the marks on the walls that helped describe how the fireplace and mouldings may have looked.

Conservation Specialists, Plowden and Smith, contacted the Agrell UK office for the hand carved elements of the room. British Master Carver Adam Thorpe who, inspired by the famous architect of the period William Kent, designed the replacement fireplace. The fire surround incorporated brackets and a carved frieze of flowing acanthus leaves. The Bishop Sherlock’s coat of arms was placed on the carved pediment above the main door.

Open to the public, we feel incredibly honored to be part of the continued Fulham Palace story.

Hours | volume, Delivery

This large restoration project required about 3,000 hours of woodcarving hours. With a staff of 20 carvers, we were able to provide 600 hours a week of the finest quality decoration.

AWARDS

The first phase of the project, which included the restoration of Bishop Sherlock’s room, won first place in the Conservation category and was runner up of the Overall category for the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) London Awards.

Agrell Architectral Carving. Work is progress of the wood carved heraldic cartouche. Bishop Sherlock's coat of arms was placed on the carved pediment above the main door at Fulham Palace, London.
Agrell Architectural Carving. Woodcarvings of mouldings for Fulham Palace, London.
Agrell Architectural Carving. Close-up detail of the hand carved in wood fireplace freize with egg and dart wood moulding. This was for Bishop Sherlock's Room, Fulham Palace, London.
Agrell Architectural Carving. Close-up detail of the hand carved in wood fireplace freize which shows a design of shell and acanrthus scroll. This was for Bishop Sherlock's Room, Fulham Palace, London.
Agrell Architectural Carving. This is for the Bishop Sherlock's Room, Fulham Palace, London. The door surround has hand carvd in wood corinthian capitals, acanthus dentil blocks, egg and dart moulding and a split pediment with a central coat of arms.
Agrell Architectural Carving. Hand carved detail of the wood fireplace featuring egg and dart moulding with susage and bead mousling, acanthus brackets or acanthus corbels for Fulham Palace, London.
Agrell Architectural Carving. The wood carvings for the door surround with mouldings, corinthian capitals and split pediments and coat of arms for Bishop Sherlock's Room, Fulham Palace, London.
Master Carver Ian Agrell of agrell Architectural Carving stands in front of the fire surround with wood carved brackets or wood carved corbels and a carved wood frieze of flowing acanthus leaves. For Fulham Palace, London
Agrell Architectural Carving prodcued all the hand carving in wood for Bishop Sherlock's Room in Fulham Palace London which is open to the public. "The quality of the carving your company provided for Bishop Sherlock's Room is simply outstanding. Con
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