Bill Sargent is one the UK’s highest regarded pargetters. Based in mid-Suffolk, Bill’s career began in the 1960s with a formal apprenticeship in plastering which included studying at Hertfordshire College of Building. Thereafter he worked with his father, continuing a tradition of conservation plasterwork and pargetting begun by his grandfather in 1926, throughout the Anglia region. Today, Bill is helped to continue this tradition by a small team of dedicated craftspeople.

Bills work can be seen in Suffolk, Essex, Kent and Norfolk, covering most types of conservation plasterwork and pargetting. This includes conservation work for listed buildings, lime washing and lime plaster moulding work.

His work varies from clay-lump and brick, to timber framed period properties, using materials such as clay plasters, chalk lime and sand lime putty plasters to produce a traditional finish and preserve the property.