Tobit Curteis Associates

Tobit Curteis Associates is a practice specialising in the investigation, monitoring and control of environmental deterioration in historic buildings, archaeological sites, collections and archives and the conservation of wall paintings and polychrome surfaces. Our work in the UK and worldwide involves environmental surveys and monitoring of structures and materials, including building fabric, monuments, wall paintings, architectural polychromy, wooden structures, and stained glass, in order to develop practical systems to control deterioration and to enable long term passive conservation. We also carry out environmental surveys and monitoring for museums and collections and provide environmental training for conservation staff.

We work in the UK and internationally for private and institutional clients, including English Heritage, the National Trust, Historic Royal Palaces, the Office of Public Works in the Republic of Ireland, Heritage Malta and the World Monument Fund. Founding Partner, Tobit Curteis, is an external consultant for the Building Conservation and Research Team at Historic England and he is the National Trust's Advisor on historic wall paintings. Recent projects include investigations into the environmental deterioration and control at Hampton Court Palace, Knole, the cathedrals of Coventry, York, Durham, St Paul’s and Westminster Abbey, and the Hypogeum Hal Saflieni in Malta, as well as numerous domestic buildings and churches.

Accredited members

Tobit Curteis ACR

Tobit Curteis trained at the Courtauld Institute of Art, in conjunction with the Getty Conservation Institute and since 1992 has run a practice specialising in the diagnosis and control of environmental deterioration for historic buildings and collections. Tobit is accredited by the Institute of Conservation (ACR), is a fellow of the International Institute of Conservation (FIIC) a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA) and a corresponding member of the Cathedral Architects Association (CAA). He is a member of the Historic England Historic Estates Conservation Committee (HECC) and the Stained Glass Conservation Committee for the Church Buildings Council. He regularly lectures and publishes, both in the UK and internationally, on historic building environmental performance and architectural conservation and has co-authored the volume on Building Environment as part of the Historic England Practical Building Conservation series. Current research projects include the development of the new guidelines on historic building environmental performance for Historic England, the design of Environmental Protective Glazing for historic stained glass for Historic England and the new guidelines for the design and evaluation of archaeological shelters for the Getty Conservation Institute.