Do you do Venetian plastering in Norwich?

Yes. Our studio is in Birmingham and we work across the UK, Norwich included. The travel is itemised in the written quotation, so there is nothing to discover later.

What does a project in Norwich start with?

A sample panel in your exact finish, colour and sheen, made for your wall and left with you to live with. Nothing proceeds until you have signed it off.

Yes. Preparation, materials, labour, protection and travel are itemised in writing before we begin, and the number does not move once it is agreed.

Which finishes can I have in Norwich?

All of them. We bring the same range to Norwich that we use anywhere: polished plaster, Marmorino, microcement, Tadelakt, limewash, liquid metal and marble effect. The choice is made from the sample boards, not from a catalogue.

How long does the finish last?

Lime carries on carbonating for years, so the surface hardens as it ages rather than degrading. It does not chip, peel or date the way paint does.

Venetian Plaster Norwich | Microcement & Polished Plaster

02 Why Finest Plastering

Five things about us

IOne trade, done properly

We do not skim, we do not take general plastering, and we do not pass work on. Decorative lime, applied by hand, is all we do.

IILime from Italy, nothing else

It comes through Zavorè, who import it. We know what is in it because we have asked, and we have never found a reason to change.

IIIOn architects' specifications

Including a Grade II* listed building, which is as high as listing goes.

IVThree boards for your wall

Made before you commit to anything, so the decision is made with the finish in your hand.

VA fixed price, written down

Agreed before we start. Signed means settled.

Ask for your three samplesMade for your wall, free

03 Proof

Walls we have finished

Our own work, photographed on site, not stock images.

Lime finish to a listed-building specification

Heritage, hotel conversion

Donington Hall

A Grade II* listed hall, converted into a hotel for MotorSport Vision. Lime finishes to a listed-building specification.

See the case study

Media wall in dark marble effect with gold veining

Dark marble effect with hand-drawn gold veining

Residential, media wall

A marble wall with no marble in it

A full-height media wall in dark marble effect, veined in gold by hand. No slab, no joints, no tile.

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Nightclub feature wall in black and bronze textured plaster

Black and bronze textured plaster, close detail

Hospitality, nightclub walls and pillars

Black and bronze, worked by hand

Black and bronze textured plaster across the walls and pillars of a working nightclub, every pillar matched to the walls with no seam.

See the full set

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04 The process

The order things happen in

The same shape on every job, so there are no surprises in the middle of it.

Day one

First call

We talk, or we visit. The substrate and the use of the room decide the system, and we tell you which one before anything is priced.

Week one

The sample

A real panel in the real finish, made for your wall and left with you. You sign it off, or we make another.

Week two

A written price

Every part of the job on its own line, preparation to protection. No allowances, no extras, no movement once it is agreed.

On site

On the wall

Protection down before a tub is opened. Dust controlled. Each coat built and burnished to the sample. Clean-down at the end of every day.

Handover

Finished

We walk it with you, leave you the aftercare, and stay on the end of the phone. The wall carries on improving for years.

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05 The finishes

Six finishes, chosen in your hand

Polished plaster

Lime putty and marble dust taken to a high shine with the trowel. The classic Venetian finish, and the least forgiving of a poor wall beneath it.

Marmorino

Grittier marble in the mix, finished flat or with a low sheen. The most forgiving of the six and the one most rooms end up in.

Microcement

A thin cement-based coat with no joints. Over tiles, on floors, in showers. Modern and matt.

Tadelakt

Lime compressed with a stone and sealed with soap, the way Morocco has done it for centuries. Seamless, water-resistant, made for showers.

Limewash

A brushed lime paint rather than a trowelled plaster. Soft, cloudy and matt. The calmest finish we do.

Liquid metal

Metal particles in a binder, applied like plaster and ageing like metal. Bronze, brass, copper, iron.

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06 Norwich

Finest Plastering in Norwich

We work in Norwich and the Norfolk villages for whole rooms and complete schemes. The city has more medieval buildings than almost any in England, a Georgian and Victorian ring around them, and the Golden Triangle of large Victorian and Edwardian houses between Unthank Road and Earlham Road. The villages are flint and brick, with barn conversions and rectories, and much of the whole is listed.

Flint and brick are lime buildings, so in Norwich we work in lime nearly always. Limewash and a soft Marmorino in a flint cottage look as if they were always there; polished plaster in a Golden Triangle villa has the tall rooms it needs. Conservation work we do in lime by specification.

Everything about how we work — the samples, the fixed price, the six finishes — is on our main Venetian plastering page. This page is about Norwich.

Golden Triangle Tombland Eaton Cringleford Thorpe St Andrew Wymondham Aylsham

We cover the whole of Norwich and the towns around it. If your address is not listed, ask anyway.

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07 Questions

Common questions

Are you local to Norwich?

Yes. We work across Norwich, from Golden Triangle out to Wymondham and Aylsham, and a job here is planned as a single visit rather than stretched across weeks.

What finish suits a flint cottage in Norfolk?

Limewash or a soft Marmorino. Flint and brick are lime buildings, the walls are rarely straight, and a lime finish follows them and lets them breathe. A flat, sealed modern coating in a flint cottage looks wrong and, in time, causes damp.

Where does it start?

On your wall, with a sample panel in the real finish and colour. You live with it, you sign it off, and only then does anything else happen.

Can the price go up?

No. It is itemised in writing before we begin, and once it is signed that is the figure.

How long are you on site?

Three to five days for one feature wall, because each coat needs to cure. Bigger work is planned as a block with the dates fixed in writing.

Will it wear out?

The opposite. Lime keeps hardening for years after it goes on, so the wall is tougher at ten years than at one. It does not chip or peel.

Do you do commercial jobs?

Yes. Bars, restaurants, hotels and offices, usually worked around trading so the room is back in use the next day.

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