Rattee and Kett
{{Short description|Former British building contractor}}
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| founder=James Rattee
| fate = Acquired
| successor = Mowlem
| foundation = 1843
| defunct = 2011
| industry = Construction
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Rattee and Kett was a building contractor based in Cambridge.
History
The business was founded by James Rattee in 1843.{{cite web|url=
http://www.capturingcambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/0035d.pdf|title=Rattee and Kett|publisher=Capturing Cambridge|accessdate=6 October 2017}} After George Kett joined the business in 1848, the partners worked together on the wood carvings for the Palace of Westminster. Other early projects included the reredos at Ely Cathedral completed in 1857{{cite web|url=http://www.capturingcambridge.org/uncategorized/ely-cathedral/|title=Ely Cathedral|publisher=Capturing Cambridge|accessdate=6 October 2017}} and ornate tables, ceilings and urns at Wimpole Hall completed in the 1850s and 1860s.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/results?Maker=Rattee+and+Kett|title=Rattee and Kett|publisher=National Trust|accessdate=6 October 2017}}
Projects undertaken in the late 19th century included a new hall and library at Pembroke College, Cambridge completed in the 1878, new lecture rooms at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge completed in 1884{{cite book|last=Venn|first=John|title=Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0m08AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Rattee+and+Kett%22+logo&pg=PA148|year=1901|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=148}} and the construction of Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church in Cambridge completed in 1890 as well as the new chapel in Walnut Tree Court at Queens' College, Cambridge completed in 1891.{{cite web|url=http://www.capturingcambridge.org/uncategorized/queens-college/|title=Queen's College|publisher=Capturing Cambridge|accessdate=6 October 2017}} The restoration of Arundel Castle was a major undertaking completed in 1900.
The company was acquired by Mowlem in 1926. Later projects included restoration work at St James's Church, Piccadilly completed after the Second World War,{{cite web|url=http://www.sjp.org.uk/buildinghistorya.html |title=The Building - St James's Church Piccadilly London |publisher=Sjp.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-10-06}} restoration work at Westminster Abbey completed in the 1980s{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F166976|title=Rattee and Kett, Builders|publisher=National Archives|accessdate=6 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.capturingcambridge.org/uncategorized/westminster-abbey-london/|title=Westminster Abbey, London|publisher=Capturing Cambridge|accessdate=6 October 2017}} and restoration work at Ely Cathedral completed in 2000. Following the acquisition of Mowlem by Carillion in February 2006, Rattee and Kett was the subject of a management buyout from Carillion in March 2007 but went into administration in September 2011.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006211634/http://www.stonespecialist.com/news/company-news/rattee-kett-directors-set-their-own-firm|archive-date=2017-10-06|url=http://www.stonespecialist.com/news/company-news/rattee-kett-directors-set-their-own-firm|title=Rattee & Kett Directors set up their own firm|date=12 December 2011|publisher=Stone Specialist|accessdate=6 October 2017}}