Co-Founder, The Cumbria Clock Company
Keith studied Horology at the School of Jewellery and Silversmithing in 1981 and following graduation in 1984, he worked for six years at Public Clocks in London.
In 1990 he established the Cumbria Clock Company Ltd with his wife Lynn, which is situated in the small village of Dacre in the Lake District National Park.
Keith has grown Cumbria Clock Company into a sizeable business, employing 27 members of staff consisting of the office team, the workshop conservators and external horological engineers. Seven of the external horologists are situated in Dorset, Devon, Yorkshire, Lancashire , Midlands and Shropshire, with the Technical Service Manager working from an office in Whitchurch
The Company is responsible for the annual maintenance of over 1,300 church and public clocks situated throughout the UK and has undertaken conservation projects to some of country’s most prestigious church and public clocks.
Keith’s experience includes working on the country’s oldest clock at Salisbury Cathedral, the Astronomical Clock at Hampton Court Palace, as well as major projects at Canterbury, Durham, Hereford, Gloucester, Worcester, Truro and Manchester Cathedrals and the Royal Liver Building, Liverpool..
Other commissions include the Westminster Clock, better known as “Big Ben”, where he managed the biggest conservation works undertaken to the worlds most famous clock.
The company also designed, manufactured and installed the world’s largest internal bell hammer, which struck the Olympic Bell and started the London 2012 Games and the conservation of the Government Buildings clock in Fiji.
Other clients include the Royal Household, Historic Royal Palaces, English Heritage and the National Trust.
Keith is the Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, London. Director of the Antiquarian Horological Society.
Director of the British Watch and Clockmakers Guild.
Fellow of the British Horological Institute.
ICON Accredited Conservator Restorer and ICON Mentor.
External Examiner of the Horological Course at Birmingham City University (BCU)
BHI Silver Medal (2023)
