Project: Future Foundations projectGrade I: £2.0million: Current The project aims to transform the church building by re-ordering the interior so it can better serve the people of Darlington with a dynamic programme of worship, music, heritage and educational activity. The church currently has no toilets,… Read More »St Cuthbert’s church, Darlington
Project scope: Quire RoofGrade I: £270,000: Completed 2021 During the quinquennial inspection in 2019 it was found that the Quire roof had suffered extensively with underside lead corrosion, so severe that it had caused holes in multiple locations. The Cathedral benefitted from the first round… Read More »Manchester Cathedral
Project scope: We have completed many projects since Ulrike’s appointment as Cathedral Architect in 2007. PV Panels Photovoltaic panels were installed in 2010 to the south aisle roof – the first UK cathedral to do so. These cannot be seen from ground level. The installation… Read More »Bradford Cathedral
Project scope: New extension and entrance doorsGrade I: £275,000: Completed 2019 St Helens Church near Bishop Auckland is a busy church with an active community. We designed a new extension to provide the church with a toilet, kitchenette and a much needed space for community… Read More »Auckland St. Helens church, County Durham
Project scope: Ruins and garden buildingsGrade I: £75,000: Completed 2021 Jervaulx Hall is a private residence sited in open gardens adjacent to the Cistercian Abbey of Jervaulx – a scheduled monument. The private gardens contained several ruined structures and garden buildings. We completed a number… Read More »Jervaulx Hall, North Yorkshire
Client: Private estateProject scope: Timber conservation repairsGrade I: £15,000: Completed 2013 The works comprised the repair and conservation of a grade I listed 18th century Root House in the ‘Capability Brown’ grounds of a private estate in Lincolnshire. The construction is unusual, comprising roundwood posts… Read More »The Hermitage, private estate, Lincolnshire
Project scope: Masonry and window repairsGrade I: £590,000: Completed 2016 Gawthorpe Hall is an Elizabethan country house in extensive grounds in Padiham, Lancashire. It is owned by the National Trust and has been run in partnership with Lancashire County Council as a museum. The house,… Read More »Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire
Client: Private estateProject scope: Stone repairs and lead guttersGrade I: £500,000: Completed 2023 The family mausoleum at this private estate is thought of as James Wyatt’s masterpiece. A classical rotunda built in 1792 of magnesian limestone and surmounted with a copper dome, it stands in… Read More »The mausoleum, private estate, Lincolnshire
Client: Burnley Borough Council Project scope: Major repairsGrade I: £3.5 million: Current In 2020 we were appointed by Burnley Borough Council to carry out condition surveys and a conservation management plan at Towneley Hall, a museum and art gallery in Burnley. The hall has its… Read More »Towneley Hall, Burnley