The original Bygone Beauties is an iconic 1917 building which houses the world’s largest private collection of teapots and teawares, and is a major tourist destination in the Blue Mountains of NSW.   The building was renovated, extended and handed over in three stages to create a new enlarged museum space and office area within the roof space, while keeping the premises open for business, which required extensive safety procedures and site logistics to protect staff and customers.  Works included underpinning the existing building, excavation for the installation of a lift, extensive scaffolding around the whole building, reframing of the existing timber roof and retiling the whole roof and enlarging the existing carpark.  These works were carried out during a winter period which included dealing with snow on occasions.  The timber roof framing and internal finishes were executed under difficult conditions with great skill and are a credit to the tradesmen involved in renovating and extending this unique building.
The finished building boasts a very distinctive appearance, and the new and existing works present as one.