Address: Castle Workshops, Dacre, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 0HL

Email: info@clockmaker.co.uk

Telephone: 01768 486933

Mobile: 07775 632452

Website: http://www.clockmaker.co.uk

Principal Contact: Keith Scobie-Youngs, FBHI, ACR.

Geographic Areas Covered: UK nationwide.

Type of Work Undertaken:

• Manufacturers and installers of epicyclic automatic-winding systems, auto-regulators,

and night silencers. These products are covered with a 10-year warranty.

• Major turret clock refurbishments undertaken with our workshops keeping to

conservation guidelines and we take pride in the quality of our work. Annual

maintenance contracts undertaken.

• All components are manufactured within our fully equipped workshops capable of

wheel and pinion cutting and other associated clockmaking machining techniques.

• Dial restorations undertaken onsite or within our workshops, including traditional

gilding and painting techniques. Rope access work using IRATA Level 3 operatives.

• All reports and quotations are given free of charge and without obligation.

Company Description:

• The main workshops are situated in the small village of Dacre in the Lake District National Park. Established in 1990 by Lynn and Keith Scobie-Youngs, both of whom are fully involved in the day to day running of the company.

• At present the company employs 22 members of staff, which consists of the office team, the workshop conservators, and external horological engineers. Five of the external horologists are situated in Sussex, Devon, Yorkshire, and Shropshire, with the Technical Service Manager working from an office in Whitchurch.

• The Company is responsible for the annual maintenance of over 1000 church and public clocks in the UK and has undertaken conservation projects to some of the country’s most prestigious church and public clocks including the country’s oldest clock at Salisbury Cathedral, the Astronomical Clock at Hampton Court Palace, as well as major projects at Canterbury, Durham, Hereford, Gloucester, Worcester, Truro, and Manchester Cathedrals. Other commissions include the Westminster Clock, better known as “Big Ben”, and the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool.

• Clients range from the small village church to the Royal Household, Historic Royal Palaces, English Heritage, and the National Trust.

Statement: All our work on turret clocks complies with the Code of Practice for Turret Clock Work issued by the Clocks Advisers Forum in collaboration with turret clock restorers and the Church Buildings Council.