Conker is delighted to announce that Tyland Farmhouse in Sandling, Maidstone was runner up in this years RICS Regional Awards in the ‘Building Conservation’ category for the South East, beaten to the Award by Windsor Castle!
Rescuing the dilapidated building was quite a challenge, Kent Wildlife Trust are delighted with the final building and pleased that their hard work has been recognised, along with Conker and the main contractor, S & T Fullers Ltd.
See project details.
By Roger Hunt and Marianne Suhr with Foreword by Kevin McCloud.
Recently published, Old House Eco Handbook is a practical guide to retrofitting for energy efficiency and sustainability and a companion volume to Old House Handbook.
Conker Conservation contributed to the section on sustainable insulation.
See attached Flyer
Subsidence, front and side elevations leaning, severe condensation, plastic cladding, 30mm wide structural cracks – not the ideal starting point for an ecologically sound refurbishment.
Our brave client is undaunted by this task, and intends to create a fine example of energy efficiency using natural breathable materials.
Many difficult challenges have arisen during the detailed design, balancing cost, complexity, performance, buildability.
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Published in the RICS Building Surveying Journal, January-February 2012.
Paul Mallion discusses how external insulation was used in the refurbishment of a Grade II listed building.
View ‘Room to Breathe‘
Conker has been assisting a local group in saving the unique and historic Westgate Hall from demolition. On 28 July 2011 Canterbury City Council agreed to save the building and grant a 99 year lease to the Westgate Community Trust from March 2012. The hall will be preserved, refurbished and managed as a community centre.
Click here to see the story of how the hall was saved.
Conker Conservation obtained Listed Building consent and specified and tendered the work to The Mariner’s Tea Rooms in Rye . The work carried out by contractor, R Flisher Ltd has been ‘Highly Commended’ in the Townscape Awards 2010 for the meticulous repair and redecorations’.
