Royal Artillery Tank Museum
N Hillman & Sons secured the contract to renovate and convert the historic South and East Wings of the Royal Laboratory Departments, Royal Arsenal, which historically controlled the manufacture of ammunition, to create a heavy artillery museum.
The Grade 2 listed building in Woolwich required significant restoration and sympathetic renovation to bring it up to the modern standards required to house The Royal Artillery Museum – Firepower. The museum was open to the public from 2001 until 2016.
Services Provided
- Cleaning and repointing of brickwork
- Careful internal restoration of original features
- Restoration of original ornamental metalwork
- Sympathetic renovation to existing areas to bring up to modern standards
- Restoration of original roof coverings
- Delivered on budget and within agreed timescale
- Fully restored inhouse with Hillman employed labour