Education Centre

The repair of a late 18c water mill and 19c barn at Hestercombe Gardens, and their conversion into an education centre.  Old equipment has been refitted in the mill, together with an exhibition of early energy production.  The barn has become a multi function education space.

The intention was to demonstrate how old buildings can be converted sensitively, and incorporate low energy modifications.  The roofs, walls and floors have been super insulated, and the complex is heated with a log batch burning boiler.

Tyntesfield Education Building

The project converts an 1880’s sawmill, steam engine house and battery room into an education centre for the Tyntesfield Estate.  It provides two learning spaces, an open air workshop, kitchen and toilets for practical courses and school visits.

The masonry shell has been repaired to retain the industrial sense of the place for the learning spaces.  New services are contained in an extension, hidden in the quarry, with a thin timber tail that is woven back through the old building.

Tewkesbury Tourist Information & Exhibition Centre

Repair, conversion and extension of a Tudor and C17th Grade II* listed timber frame building into a Tourist Information and Exhibition Centre, acting as a hub for other attractions in the town.

The scheme kept as much of the original fabric as possible, to which were added new elements.  The existing building houses the main functions, and a small extension at the rear has unlocked the complex circulation requirements, gaining disabled access throughout.

Nothe Fort

A comprehensive repair of the coastal fort at the mouth of Weymouth harbour, and its conversion into a Museum of Coastal Defences.

Involvement started with a condition survey, conservation plan and feasibility study for the development of the fort as a museum, through to completion of the building works on site.  This included the complete reconstruction of the earth ramparts, waterproofing of the gun deck and underground magazines, a new glass lift and shop.

Salem Chapel

Repair and conversion of an 18th century chapel and school room to form village community accommodation.

Complex, conservative repair and conversion project under Heritage Lottery Fund and English Heritage grant aid.

Hestercombe Gardens Visitor Centre

New visitor centre for an 18th century landscape garden, and a 20th century garden by Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll.

It required the repair and extensive alterations of a stable complex to make ticket office facilities, cafe, shop, function and interpretation areas as well as external ramps, walks and landscaping to control and improve access and setting for the gardens.

Lyscombe Chapel & Priest’s House

Lyscombe Chapel and Priest’s House had fallen into a ruinous state.  They were repaired with EH and DEFRA grants, and converted into a public space and overnight shelter for walkers on the Downland Way.

The chapel has been simply repaired with the traditional trades of lime mortar, masonry, green oak carpentry and thatched roofing.

Complex archaeological assessment and presentation of ruins, ancient church and landscape.

The Priest House walls were stabilised and the tops weathered, skillfully carried out by the contractor.

Farleigh Hungerford Castle & Chapel

Repairs for English Heritage.

Repair of roof structure and stone tiling, in association with medieval wall painting conservation and condensation control in the chapel..

Schemes of repair to ruinous walls and pavements.

St Margaret’s Almshouses

St.Margaret’s Almshouses had been burnt and left derelict since 1990.  The scheme repaired and converted the remaining shell back into social housing .

The original 1616 pattern of walls for 7 houses was re-established and re-interpreted for 4 homes.  New stairs and services are concentrated in the old chimneys positions that had been previously lost.

Brean Down Fort

Brean Down Fort was one of four Napoleonic/ Palmerston gun emplacements that protected the Severn estuary. The down itself is a SSS1 site.

The buildings became ruinous after WW2 and have been consolidated, repaired and made safe, with improved access and new interpretation panels describing the history, fauna and flora.