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Bramall History

Below is a brief history of the company:

1931 to 1939: The company was founded by George Bramall and Dick Ogden as General Building Contractors and based at Gore Hill in Wath upon Dearne.

Their first job? Replacing privy middons with mains drainage for toilets out in the back yards of terraced houses for Wath Urban District Council. They then focused mainly on house building and other general contracting works.

1939 to 1945: During the war the company worked on repairing the damage caused by bombs in York and Southampton.

1945 to 1968: The company began to work with the public sector to build new council houses.

1968: Terry Bramall joins the business

1970: Dick Ogden passed away and the Bramall family bought his share of the company from his widow, Nancy, making Bramall and Ogden a limited company.

1973: The company bought premises on Station Road, Mexborough and moved the head office. The site at Gore Hill was kept as a joiner's shop - it took in raw timber and made everything for new houses including kitchens, windows, door frames, skirting and roof trusses.

During the 1970's the company continued in house building but also specialised in church furniture. Chantry Furniture, Chevron Plant and Chevron Homes were all set up by the company in this era.

1980: Bramall and Ogden became Bramall Construction Ltd

1983 to 1998: Frank Haslam Milan was bought and Keepmoat plc was formed as a holding company. Bramall also opened an office in Salford in 1992 and in Liverpool in 1998.

In 1997 the group restructure saw Keepmoat split into three operating divisions - Bramall is part of Keepmoat Regeneration.

In 2003 Bramall began to devlop the new build side of the business. Bramall have created a number of new social housing schemes in partnership with local authorities and housing associations.

In 2008 Bramall became the first company to build a new home to the Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4.