The Organ Project at St Mary’s Church, Portsea
We assisted St Mary’s Church, Portsea with The Organ Project, established to repair the 1889 J W Walker & Sons pipe organ and its chamber.
Heritage consultancy for former Woolworths in Worthing
Planning permission has recently been granted for external alterations to the former Woolworths store in Montague Street, Worthing, alongside development of the vacant upper floors to create 14 flats at the heart of the town centre, complete with their own amenity spaces.
Recognition at the 2021 Sussex Heritage Trust Awards
The 2021 Sussex Heritage Trust Awards ceremony took place on 15 September at Pangdean Old Barn, Pyecombe.Huge congratulations to Jane Jones-Warner, who was announced as the 2021 Sussex Heritage Trust Person of the Year.
Latest phase of conservation repair at grade I listed All Saints Buncton now complete
Emergency repairs were needed to the north nave roof slope at All Saints Church Buncton where three sections of Horsham stone had slipped and were resting on the cast iron gutter.
Stonework repairs to Holy Trinity Church, Rudgwick
The quinquennial inspection and report prepared in 2015 at grade I listed Holy Trinity Church, Rudgwick identified a number of areas of stonework requiring repair. Much of the pointing had been carried out in phases of hard cement pointing which had caused damage to the soft sandstone.
Grade II listed mill presented with Sussex Heritage Trust Award
Another of our projects has been presented with their Sussex Heritage Trust Award, this time in the Small Scale Residential category, in recognition of the sensitive conservation and internal alterations.
Sussex Heritage Trust presentation to West Dean College
Chairman of the Sussex Heritage Trust, Simon Knight, visited West Dean College on Monday 7 December 2020 to present CEO Alex Barron and the team with their Public & Community Award, in recognition of the work involving extensive conservation and repair of the roof to the House.
Sussex Heritage Trust Awards 2020
We won two Awards at this year’s Sussex Heritage Trust Awards held on 25 November, with a third project being Highly Commended. The Sussex Heritage Trust was established in 1977 as a charity ‘to preserve, improve and encourage the appreciation of the architectural and natural heritage of Sussex’.
Planning permission granted for two storey extension to church hall of 13th century grade I listed St Margaret’s Church, Ifield
Following a planning committee meeting on 29 September, lasting late into the evening, we are delighted to have received permission on behalf of the parish of St Margaret’s Church, Ifield, Crawley, West Sussex for the demolition of the existing single storey annexe and new build of a two storey extension to the church hall.
Portsea parish secures major National Lottery Heritage Fund grant
Congratulations to the team at St Mary’s, Portsea for securing a £764,000 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund towards the conservation repair of their unique 1889 JW Walker and Sons pipe organ.