Conor McGouran at work on a lime wall
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Decorative plaster, trowelled by hand. Twenty years on the tools.

Lime plaster, Southfields, 2023

We finish walls — in lime, clay, marble dust and cement, each laid just millimetres thin.

Up close.

Our own walls, photographed close. Every finish is mixed and applied by hand.

Close-up of waxed Venetian plaster

Polished plaster

Marble and lime, burnished from soft matt to a deep shine.

Close-up of pink Tadelakt

Tadelakt

Moroccan lime, polished with stone and sealed with soap. Waterproof.

Close-up of micro cement

Micro cement

Seven thin layers and no joints, across walls, floors and worktops.

Close-up of hand-carved fluted clay

Clay & lime

Natural, breathable plasters: smooth, cloudy or carved by hand.

Selected rooms.

Three we’re proud of. There are more on the work page.

Ombré clay plaster at the Bryan O’Sullivan Collection, Claridge’s
Claridge’sClay plaster for the Bryan O’Sullivan Collection, 2023
Micro cement bathroom in Blackheath
BlackheathMicro cement bathroom, 2024
Hand-carved fluted clay wall
Frankie BridgeHand-carved clay, 2023

Trained by tradesmen
whose training went
back to the 1960s.

Conor learned the trade from plasterers whose own training went back decades: setting out properly, getting the wall true, and giving the material the time it needs.

Every job is led by Conor, on the trowel, with a small crew he has trained himself. Every wall starts with a sample, in the light it will live in.

Approved applicator for Clayworks, Forcrete and Bauwerk.

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