Conservation & Heritage Issue 52 Summer/Autumn 2026 - Flipbook - Page 63
JON JOY PLASTERWORK PLASTERWORK CONSULTANT
& PROJECT MANAGER
I left school in 1979 aged 16 with 4 ‘O’ levels and went to work for the family business
A.G.Joy & Son Limited.
I attended Luton College to do my City & Guilds, passing
my Craft Certificate with 3 Distinctions and winning
the Bronze Medal. I went on to pass my Advanced Craft
Certificate with 3 Distinctions and won the Silver Trowel.
In 1982 aged 19 the College entered me in the National
Apprentice Competition ‘Skill Build’ in Newcastle where I
won the Gold Medal for Plasterwork. This in turn qualified
me for a place at the 1983 Skill Olympics in Linz, Austria,
where I also won a Gold Medal for Great Britain.
Following this success, my father was presented to Her
Majesty The Queen and I received a Principal New Year
Honour; the Royal Victorian Medal of which I am extremely
proud.
We continued working for the Royal Household at
Buckingham Palace, St.James’s Palace, Kensington Palace
and Windsor Castle and after a few years applied for and
were awarded our first Warrant, which we have held until
now.
During my time working for A.G.Joy & Son, we submitted
various jobs for the Plaisterers Trophy (including Hylands
House and Knebworth House) and won quite a few regional
awards for outstanding work. All of this culminated in us
being awarded a large part of the plaster restoration package
at Windsor Castle (after the fire). We were on site for the
duration of the project and worked on the Giles Downs
‘Downesian Gothic’ work to the Private Chapel, Octagon
Ante Room, Stuart Room and New Corridor. We submitted
our work for the Plaisterers Trophy and won both awards; the
Plaisterers Trophy and The Humber Silver Salver, for fibrous
and solid plasterwork.
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I started working as a sole trader after the Covid lockdown
and my request to alter the Royal Warrant of Appointment
as a Tradesman to the Queen was approved in 2022 and this
time last year I was granted a new Warrant to HM The King.
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