Specialist subcontract access for main contractors, conservation builders and restoration firms working on listed and historic structures. Free-standing, buttressed or ballasted where the fabric cannot be tied into, designed to TG20, with £10m public liability behind it.
Meet JJ Cornwall Scaffolding Heritage scaffolding is access designed around a historic structure rather than imposed on it, where the tie method, the load path and the erection sequence are chosen so that original fabric takes nothing it should not. In practice that usually means standing the scaffold on its own, buttressed or ballasted, rather than drilling into two-hundred-year-old stone.
We take this work as a specialist subcontractor. Main contractors, conservation builders and restoration firms hold the contract and bring us in for the access.
Where the masonry will not take an anchor, the structure is designed to stand without it: widened base, buttressing, ballast, load spread through sole boards.
Internal decks for ceiling and high-level work in naves, halls and stairwells, with the load spread across the floor.
Where the fabric has to stay dry for months while it is open, the access carries a temporary roof.
Slate, glass and asbestos-cement roofs worked over a crash deck.
Heritage work reaches us through contractors: listed granite and rendered elevations, internal birdcages, and covered access on restoration programmes running for months.
Our review file is public across three platforms. On Yell we hold 4.7 from 12 ratings, and every customer who has reviewed us on Facebook recommends us.
Based on 12 Google reviews
Absolutely amazing service, these guys are the height of professional and we could not recommend them enough. They arrived on time, got straight onto the job and have been utterly understanding of time limits. These guys go above and beyond to help. It's hugely appreciated, thank you.
Read more on GoogleJordan and his team did a great job for us, they were very polite, efficient and competitively priced. Communication was good and they always arrived on the day agreed. We would highly recommend them.
Read more on GoogleHonestly couldn't recommend JJ Cornwall Scaffolding enough. I’ve used these guys since they first started and have never had a single problem. They tackle everything from awkward little jobs to bigger projects with the same high standard of work. Great prices and a top notch crew. If you need scaffolding, give them a call. A few examples of the work for me.
Read more on GoogleWould highly recommend JJ Cornwall Scaffolding Ltd! The best company we have used to provide a scaffolding service and will continue to use them in the future. All members of the team are friendly, polite and professional. Nice bunch of lads, did exactly what was asked of them, no problems whatsoever! Cheers
Read more on GoogleAbsolutely fabulous company. Very trustworthy and hardworking. Can highly recommend. Jordan James the owner is 5*
Read more on GoogleUsed JJ scaffolding a load of times. Always put up exactly what I need for the job, exactly when he said it would go up and informs me of whats happening and when its done. Very friendly bunch of guys
Read more on GoogleReliable and professional service.
Read more on GoogleI would highly recommend this company. They were professional, efficient and punctual, even taking the rig down the day after we had finished with it and on a Saturday! Communication with Jordan was easy, much better than other companies that couldn’t be bothered.
Read more on GoogleVery efficient and professional set up. Thoughtful and thorough ... Jordan even adjusted the top access boards to ensure our builder had easier reach to fit the new flue linings for the chimney. We couldn’t recommend him more highly
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The access does not become your conservation problemTie strategy is settled with your design team before erection, and every bearing point is protected.
Your programme holdsTwo gangs out at once, with adaptions done when the sequence needs them.
Your site file is complete before you askRAMS and a TG20 compliance sheet with the quote. Tags and handover certificates on request at no charge.
Procurement is a formality£10m of public liability, double the £5m most contracts specify.
Drawings, the specification, and any consent conditions affecting fixings, access or hours.
Where the loads can go, and what can be tied.
Scope, design basis, hire period, adaptions, RAMS and the compliance sheet.
Built in the sequence the works need, not the one that suits us.
Handover record on request, the building left as we found it.
Most heritage work is not cathedrals. According to Historic England, the National Heritage List for England holds around 400,000 listed entries and roughly 92% of them are Grade II: working buildings on working streets, where the access has to be thought through as carefully as the repair.
That thinking sits on TG20, the industry's scaffold design guidance, and SG4, its standard for safe erection. Jordan holds Advanced Supervisor, and a second scaffolder is Part 2 qualified.
Jordan James owns JJ Cornwall Scaffolding and prices every heritage enquiry himself from the yard in Penzance. Ten years in scaffolding, Advanced Supervisor qualified, with a working history on structures where the access carried the job. Jordan's experience includes South Crofty tin mine and the Hayle viaduct, along with the Dawlish rail reconstruction and Lloyds Bank in Bristol, as a subcontractor to larger companies.
“On a historic building the tie is the whole conversation. If the masonry will not take an anchor, the scaffold has to stand on its own, and that is decided on the drawings.”Jordan James, JJ Cornwall Scaffolding
Heritage access is priced against the structure, the duration and the constraints the consents put on it, so there is no rate worth publishing. Every quote is written before work starts and sets out:
No extra work starts until its price is confirmed in writing.
01Covered access, so a structure stays open through a restoration programme.
02Gantries, phased access and full documentation for premises, blocks and new build.
03Hire periods, adaptions, erection and dismantle for contractors and trades.
Tell us the structure, the constraints and the programme, and you will get a written quote with the design basis and scope on it.
Call Jordan on 07984 611533·Get a free quote online
Penzance, Cornwall
Phone: 07984 611533
Email: jjcornwallscaffolding@gmail.com
Hours: Open 8am to 7pm, seven days
Last updated: 22 September 2026