Client: Private estate
Project scope: Timber conservation repairs
Grade 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 and beams, stone, brick, iron stone slag and decorative oak burr. The structure is a rare example nationally and had experienced significant deterioration as a result of water ingress and vandalism.
We agreed repair methods with the conservation officer for external repairs and obtained listed building consent to refix new bark in Chinoiserie styles based on evidence of previous fixings.
We project managed an initial first phase restoration programme using local reclaimed materials which brought the Hermitage out of the ‘Buildings at Risk’ status.
This was followed by a shorter phase of work reinstating the interior patterned decorative interior bark cladding using larchwood from the estate.
