The RESTORERS

Served by generations of blacksmiths, the coke fires still burn daily in this 19th-century forge, found on a country estate on the Norfolk coast. Holkham Forge co-founders, James Spedding and Roger Foyster, use age-old, traditional smithing practices to restore and conserve antique metalwork, as well as produce contemporary pieces and bespoke commissions. From large country house gates or weather vanes, to old and worn door hinges or porch lanterns, all manner of heritage metalwork can be sensitively revived or replicated through their ways of working that aim to carefully bridge ancient and modern.

Originally from a background in IT, James spent years as a traditional journeyman, learning from blacksmiths along