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Façade consultants across the UK and Ireland.

McKay Turner Consulting carries out façade condition surveys, defect investigations, fire risk appraisals of external walls and remediation management in cities across the UK and Ireland. Each guide below gives a short history of the city, what makes its buildings distinctive and where it is building now.

Black and white view of the curved Georgian façade of the Royal Crescent, Bath

South West

Bath

A World Heritage city of Georgian crescents, built in honey-coloured Bath stone.

Façade services in Bath →Black and white view of Belfast City Hall

Northern Ireland

Belfast

Victorian red brick, a Portland stone City Hall and the Titanic Quarter.

Façade services in Belfast →Black and white view of the Library of Birmingham and its metal filigree façade

West Midlands

Birmingham

Terracotta, post-war concrete and a city centre reshaped around HS2.

Façade services in Birmingham →Black and white view of the Clifton Suspension Bridge across the Avon Gorge, Bristol

South West

Bristol

Georgian crescents, Bristol Byzantine warehouses and a new Temple Quarter.

Façade services in Bristol →Black and white view of King's College Chapel and the Gibbs Building, Cambridge

East of England

Cambridge

Medieval colleges, gault brick streets and fast-growing science campuses.

Façade services in Cambridge →Black and white view of the Wales Millennium Centre and its lettered metal façade in Cardiff Bay

Wales

Cardiff

A Norman castle, coal-port civic grandeur and a rebuilt Cardiff Bay.

Façade services in Cardiff →Black and white view along Eastgate Street, Chester, lined with black-and-white timber-framed buildings and the Rows

North West

Chester

Roman walls, the medieval Rows and black-and-white Victorian fronts.

Façade services in Chester →Black and white view of the Custom House and its dome on the River Liffey, Dublin

Ireland

Dublin

Georgian red-brick squares, Portland stone landmarks and the Docklands.

Façade services in Dublin →Black and white view over Edinburgh's rooftops from Calton Hill, with the Balmoral clock tower and the Old Town beyond

Scotland

Edinburgh

A World Heritage Old and New Town, built from local sandstone.

Façade services in Edinburgh →Black and white view of Glasgow City Chambers on George Square

Scotland

Glasgow

Blond and red sandstone tenements, cast-iron fronts and a changing Clyde.

Façade services in Glasgow →Black and white view of Leeds Town Hall and its clock tower

Yorkshire

Leeds

Victorian civic halls, an Egyptian-style flax mill and new riverside towers.

Façade services in Leeds →Black and white view across the Albert Dock to the Royal Liver Building and Port of Liverpool Building, Liverpool waterfront

North West

Liverpool

Grade I dock warehouses, the Three Graces and a waterfront being rebuilt.

Façade services in Liverpool →Black and white view of the curved stucco façades of Regent Street, London

England

London

Almost 2,000 years of building, from Portland stone to glass towers.

Façade services in London →Black and white view over Manchester city centre, with Victorian buildings in the foreground and new residential towers beyond

North West

Manchester

Cotton mills, Victorian Gothic and the tallest towers outside London.

Façade services in Manchester →Black and white view of the Tyne Bridge from Newcastle Quayside

North East

Newcastle

Grainger Town stone streets, Tyne bridges and a changing Quayside.

Façade services in Newcastle →Black and white view of Nottingham Council House and its dome across Old Market Square

East Midlands

Nottingham

Lace Market warehouses, Victorian red brick and a remade Broad Marsh.

Façade services in Nottingham →Black and white view of the Radcliffe Camera, Oxford

South East

Oxford

Dreaming spires in local limestone, with new labs and homes rising.

Façade services in Oxford →Black and white view of boats in Sutton Harbour beside the historic Barbican, Plymouth

South West

Plymouth

A listed post-war city centre, the Barbican and a naval waterfront.

Façade services in Plymouth →Black and white view of the Spinnaker Tower and Gunwharf Quays across Portsmouth Harbour

South East

Portsmouth

An island naval city, from the Historic Dockyard to the Spinnaker Tower.

Façade services in Portsmouth →Black and white view over Sheffield city centre, with St Paul’s Tower and the railway station in the foreground

Yorkshire

Sheffield

Steel-city industry, Park Hill and a rebuilt Heart of the City.

Façade services in Sheffield →Black and white view of the arcaded medieval town walls in Southampton

South East

Southampton

Medieval town walls, a great working port and new student towers.

Façade services in Southampton →Black and white view of York Minster rising above the medieval city walls

Yorkshire

York

Roman, Viking and medieval layers inside the city walls, crowned by the Minster.

Façade services in York →

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