Church and hatchment work
Wiltshire churches hold significant hatchments and memorial paintings. Rosalind has conserved hatchment collections including cleaning, repair, reframing and advice on safe display.
Painting restoration in Wiltshire
Frome sits close to the Wiltshire border, and Rosalind Whitehouse regularly works with clients across the county — from Salisbury and Devizes to Marlborough, Trowbridge and Warminster.
As an ICON-accredited conservator (ACR) and Fellow of BAPCR, trained at the National Gallery, she offers Wiltshire owners museum-standard conservation without sending paintings to London.
Wiltshire's paintings, cared for locally
Wiltshire's country houses, churches and family collections hold generations of paintings — portraits, landscapes, hatchments and altarpieces. Many need nothing more than careful cleaning; others need structural repair after years of damp, heat or neglect.
Rosalind's approach is conservative in the true sense: examine first, test before treating, use reversible materials, and document everything, so the painting's future carers know exactly what has been done.
Services in Wiltshire
Cleaning and repair
Varnish removal, surface cleaning, tear mending, flaking-paint consolidation and canvas and panel repair, with full photographic documentation.
Collection care
Surveys of groups of paintings, prioritised treatment plans, and practical advice on hanging and environment for houses and collections.
Discuss a painting in Wiltshire
Tell Rosalind about your painting — its condition, its history, or simply what worries you about it — and she will advise on the next step. Collection and delivery can be arranged, so your painting need not travel with you.