We started work in in 2007 and found the urn in pieces at the base of the pedestal hidden amongst the undergrowth. Cliveden Conservation were commissioned to undertake the intricate restoration project.
The ‘socle’ (the neck or stand) on which the urn sits was damaged but has been carefully set back together. It was possible to rescue, marry together and re-use many fragments of the urns lower and upper bowl sections, but some missing sections had to be hand carved using oolitic limestone from Bath.