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37 Spital Square
LONDON
E1 6DY
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Charity No. 111 3753
37 Spital Square
LONDON
E1 6DY
T: 020 7377 1644
F: 020 7247 5296
E: info@spab.org.uk
Charity No. 111 3753
Scottish Charity No. SC 039244
Company No. 5743962
VAT No. 577 4276 02
Costs of Consolidation
Quantity surveyor Gordon Packer FRICS estimates that repair and consolidation
of the castle would cost between £750,000 and £1 million. His calculations are
as follows.
| Clearing walls of vegetation | 5,000 |
| Consolidation at base of curtain walls | 10,000 |
| Taking down areas of loose stone, rebedding and making up deficiencies with imported stone | 75,000 |
| Filling voids with imported stone | 60,000 |
| Rebuilding areas of collapsed walls with existing stone and making up deficiencies with imported stone | 10,000 |
| Lintel replacement and consolidation | 25,000 |
| Stitching and repairing cracks | 5,000 |
| Raking out loose mortar, repointing in lime mortar to recommended specification including: galleting where necessary to reduce thickness of bed joint and additional cost of raking out areas previously stabilised with incorrect cement mortar | 190,000 |
| Consolidation of wall heads | 80,000 |
| Stone slabbing to wall walks | 25,000 |
| Preliminaries | 265,000 |
|
Subtotal |
£750,000 |
| Contingency allowance say | 250,000 |
|
Total |
£1,000,000 |