Restoring an old property and want to find one-off pieces? Wilsons Yard in Dromore, Co Down, should be your first port of call. The family-run business is regarded as one of Ireland’s and the UK’s best architectural salvage and design businesses. “We are also one of the largest suppliers of reclaimed wooden and classical wood flooring in the country, particularly for lovely old parquet or reclaimed plank flooring,” says owner Nigel Wilson.

"Wilsons Conservation Building Products are widely recognised as one of the United Kingdom and Ireland’s premier architectural salvage and design businesses.  Family run and in our fourth decade of doing business."