King of Prussia Gold Medal
National Churches Trust · Sherborne Abbey, West Door and South Porch.
ABOUT SSH CONSERVATION
Established expertise.
Continuing care.
A specialist practice founded in 2010, carried forward by SSH Conservation and the same experienced team.
OUR STORY
The same people.
The same care.
SINCE 2010
SSH Conservation specialises in the conservation of historic buildings, monuments and sculpture. It honours the legacy of Sally Strachey Historic Conservation, founded in 2010 by conservator Sally Strachey, and today cares for some of the UK’s most significant historic buildings and monuments.
The company has changed hands and structure over the years. A management buyout in 2022 brought the business under its current leadership, and in 2024 the trading company was renamed SSH Conservation Ltd. In 2025 the business was acquired by the current company (Company No. 16200975), which continues to trade as SSH Conservation.
Through all of it, many of the same people remain: the same experienced team, under the same Managing Director, with the same commitment to finishing every project to an exceptional standard.
OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR
Jake Motley.
Our Managing Director, Jake Motley, leads the team. Before joining Sally Strachey Historic Conservation in 2013, he spent six and a half years as a Construction Manager on the conservation of the Cutty Sark.
Jake was appointed Managing Director in 2019 and has managed major contracts including the Tower of London, Windsor Castle, Banqueting House and a number of private estates.
RECOGNITION
Work recognised.
Care continued.
Natural Stone Awards
New Build Structural Stone · Exeter Cathedral, Friends’ Cloisters Gallery.
PSSA Marsh Award
Excellence in the Conservation of a Public Sculpture · The Leaning Lady by Karel Vogel, Hammersmith.
Recognition reflects the continuing team’s work across the history of the practice, including projects delivered as Sally Strachey Historic Conservation Ltd.
LET’S CONSIDER ITS FUTURE.
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Buildings, monuments and sculpture.
Based in Somerset. Working nationwide.