Conservation Architects in Chalmington in Chalmington

Get a Quote

Conservation architecture is an important part of preserving historic buildings for future generations to not only see but to use in their own way. However, knowing how to prepare for building conversation can be difficult, if not downright impossible, without outside help.

We at Architectural Designers provide amazing conservation architecture nationwide across the UK. Rather than taking down and replacing structures, we focus on historic building conversation, making sure that we keep each structure as close to its original design as possible.

Get in touch

Why Do You Need Historic Building Conversation?

Many historic buildings have a strong cultural significance, especially architectural heritage. Both more recent and ancient buildings alike are an original building made with the natural resources and architectural design options available at the time they were built.

Our architectural conservation programme aims to offer historic preservation of heritage buildings under a strong conservation philosophy, using our professional experience and expertise to keep our conservation projects clean, efficient and accurate to the original historic sites.

We are dedicated to doing the best we can with the skills we have, restoring buildings to a stable state that emulates how they used to be while also improving any weakened, risky or outright dangerous sections that are not suitable for regular use.

Preservation

Architectural conservation - or historic building conservation in general - is all about preserving a cultural heritage site. Keeping a historic environment preserved is a major part of conservation architect work, and many buildings require extra measures to protect them but we also want to make sure that are still safe to use as well.

Our heritage management experts are able to look at the structural behaviour and designs of buildings, using their knowledge and skills to maintain the same style - all while providing the structure with a well-built environment that is safe to use in day-to-day life.

For additional costs, some preservation projects use the same building techniques and materials as the original structure, down to the chemical mixtures. This is something that we are willing to try and do if needed, and our experts can plan out the entire project ahead of time.

Cultural Significance

Many cultural heritage sites are part of a larger conservation project meant to conserve the historic environment or historic buildings involved. Our conservation architects understand the relevant conversation principles and have completed countless projects to use as professional practice.

Culturally-valued buildings in a historic environment can often have conservation issues, gradually falling apart or becoming a less sustainable environment to work in as the materials wear away. We offer to support buildings, managing change and restoring that would otherwise be lost.

Some buildings also have a connection to older forms of the English language, minority cultures, certain groups, or even religious significance. They are not just historical but can have meaning to groups that you encounter in everyday life.

Learning

Whether it is to develop greater intellectual skills or just find out more about architecture and civil engineering, preserving spaces like this can be extremely important to university students and people with a postgraduate degree alike.

The closer we can keep structures to how they actually were in the past, the easier it becomes to learn what has changed and to visibly see the difference between old and new architecture. A lot of these spaces are made with incredibly specific methods that are not used today.

The skills involved in keeping a site the same, but also making necessary changes to develop more safety options or an easier-to-access space, are a point of pride for our teams. Sometimes buildings even need new 'entry requirements, such as old doors being uncovered and replaced.

GET A QUOTE

What Does the Preservation of Historic Buildings Involve?

Our building preservation work can cover a lot of different sub-projects and specific tasks, some of which are extremely important in the long term. Understanding the basics of our work can be important if you are not sure where to start.

Construction

Structures that have taken damage, worn away or been neglected will often end up being much harder to use for any kind of purpose. They can be dangerous, hard to navigate, and might collapse on their own for seemingly no reason.

Restoring a building completely, often means setting up new supports and safety measures, as well as replacing walls, floors and other surfaces that are too dangerous to leave as-is.

Preservation

A core part of our work is to preserve as much of the original structure as possible, only replacing parts when they are impossible to salvage or cannot be relied on as a safe part of the building. If a surface is too risky to leave as it is, we will try to fix it first, then swap it out for fresh materials.

One-of-a-kind elements, like stained glass windows, are a much more important kind of preservation. While we can have them reconstructed or get another copy made, preserving and repairing the original for as long as possible is always our first focus

Conservation

Any natural parts of the area, such as rivers, lakes and hills, are another thing we try to protect when keeping architecture safe. They can be just as important as any other part of a heritage site and can often be part of the original plan if the structure is built in an unusual place.

We also have to keep an eye on the landscape to make sure that there are no threats to the building and to make sure that it is still accessible in its current state. Older structures may have been built in places that now require extra work to be able to reach them safely or be in locations that are not car-accessible without help.

Maintenance

A conserved structure can still wear down or start to break if it is not cared for properly. Our staff are prepared to start in-depth maintenance of anything that is not too damaged to need full replacement, including parts of the original structure that are kept instead of repaired or replaced.

A lot of maintenance work can require in-depth planning and careful consideration for how it will impact the building itself. Our architects spend a lot of time working out the best routines for maintaining a newly refurbished or repaired building.

Protecting Architectural Heritage

A large part of our conservation work involves keeping the architecture as close as we can to the original vision. This means replacing any parts that are wearing out or have been damaged while also making sure that the modern additions do not change the look and feel of the structure.

These can be both major and minor pieces of architecture. For example, a house with notable arches in certain areas can often have those replaced if they fall, and natural stone walls can be rebuilt or replaced with near-identical versions.

On the other hand, a larger-scale piece of architecture like an entire staircase or even a whole room might need more time. We can look at the original designs and plans to get an idea of how the space was made, then use modern techniques to create a replica that should be almost exactly the same.

What Are The Conservation Principles?

Like all professional bodies focused on building conservation, we follow the key conservation principles that are important to all kinds of historical research and preservation.

Sharing Historic Environments

All work undertaken by our staff is to help provide students, researchers and the general public with well-built heritage sites. Strong research methodologies and tuition fees mean nothing if the building that you have been learning about collapses in the near future.

Our knowledge of how to preserve architecture, as well as civil engineering experience, makes it easy for us to create a well-built environment that can be easily maintained without losing its original style and vision.
Once we preserve a space properly, it can be accessed by anybody at any time, without risk of them getting hurt or breaking surfaces that are barely holding together. Our work can also make these areas easier to access, especially in damaged or partially collapsed sites.

Historic Understanding

Whether it is for group projects, case studies or research into English heritage through the entire academic year, a conservation plan allows university students to easily study a building that would otherwise be gone.
When we work on a previously-built environment, we change the building as little as possible, aiming for conservation of the building design. Things like floor support (or wall and ceiling support) are sometimes necessary architectural changes but can still be hidden beneath the original style.

The original designs are often important for making sure that we can keep the building accurate, even if that means using older building methods or copying certain material compositions that are not in regular use anymore.

Documented Changes

The Institute of Historic Building Conservation is the UK's main authority on this kind of work. When a site is declared protected by them (or a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the US and international equivalent), it needs to be preserved as accurately as possible.

Rather than try to appeal to an international council just to replace a protected building, this kind of architecture is based on keeping one important aspect of the site the same: how it is constructed.

Any changes we make are properly documented and approved beforehand, including those that need listed building consent. This is not just important for university students, but anybody who needs to know what has changed since the building underwent that work.

Is Historic Building Conservation Common?

This kind of conservation is fairly popular and has even become its own course at some universities, aiming to build skills in students who want to know more about historical architecture.
These often have English language requirements, and the application process (along with funding opportunities) are about what you would expect for universities. The English language requirements mean that some people may not get to study certain buildings before they collapse or rot away.

Our work means that we can preserve buildings for the foreseeable future. If somebody needs to pass English language requirements and raise tuition fees to study a course based around a specific building, this conservation means that it will still be standing when they are fluent in the English language.

What Now?

If you need any kind of preservation work, then our experts are always on standby for a new project. With so many historical sites all across the UK, there are many that need bespoke conservation, repair, immanence and inspection work done, especially those that are old and starting to fall apart.

Get in touch with us and tell us what kind of work you need. We aim to be flexible enough to accommodate every client and every single space that we work with, so the more you can tell us, the easier it becomes to meet your needs or requirements.

FIND OUT MORE

Other Architect Services We Offer

We cover Chalmington (Dorset)

Get in touch

We aim to get back to you in 1 working day.


Skip to

Gallery

Conservation Architects in Chalmington 0 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 1 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 2 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 3 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 4 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 5 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 6 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 7 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 8 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 9 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 10 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 11 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 12 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 13 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 14 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 15 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 16 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 17 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 18 Conservation Architects in Chalmington 19
Other locations available for conservation architects in chalmington
Chickerell Coker's Frome Canford Cliffs Stapehill Bradford Abbas Coombe West Chaldon Wigbeth Melcombe Regis Thornford Fairmile St Leonard's Farm Park The Common Netherhay Shitterton Huntingford Sandford Thornicombe Poyntington Ibberton Oxbridge Beacon Hill Lower Nyland Gannetts Westfields Osehill Green West Compton Throop Holditch Rowlands Holywell Woodsford Steeple Southover Cann Common Coneygar East Pulham Higher Woodsford Woolsbridge Canford Bottom East Stoke Birch Close New Swanage North End Eccliffe Motcombe Chaldon Herring Minterne Magna Stockwood Lower Row Up Sydling Winton Trent Tarrant Gunville South Bowood Benville Knob's Crook Bluntshay Stokeford Haddon Hill West Woodsford New Town Cobb Worbarrow Bedchester Merriott Compton Valence Acton Winterborne Came Drimpton Leweston Haydon Mapperton Ash Melbury Abbas Tadnoll Iwerne Minster Lyon's Gate Rodwell Pilsdon Parley Green Adber Southill Duntish Newton Peveril Gussage All Saints Happy Bottom Portland Port Tollerford Chiswell Champernhayes Marsh Buckland Newton Compton Abbas Peacemarsh Tarrant Rawston Pleck Sturminster Common Walton Elm Piddletrenthide Three Gates Wallisdown Marnhull Winterborne Monkton Lytchett Minster Gussage St Andrew West Holme Moreton Jumpers Common Sixpenny Handley Broom Hill Beaumont Village Rampisham Sockety Pimperne Verwood Briantspuddle Broadmayne North Bowood Middle Bockhampton Mount Pleasant Lodbourne Wool Winyard's Gap Alum Chine Charminster Talbot Heath East Fleet Lower Holwell Giddy Green Littleton Middlemarsh Stalbridge St James Newtown Woodlands Common Creech Bottom Higher Halstock Leigh Ensbury Wick Templeman's Ash Burton Chettle Tarrant Crawford Ashington East Creech West Stour Blackwater Abbotsbury Colehill Higher Wraxall Gribb Rossmore Miles Cross Lower Street Sandford Orcas Foxholes Knighton Friars Cliff Maudlin Cross Beaulieu Wood Kington Magna Belchalwell Street Lane End Dragon's Hill Hinton St Mary Hurst Matchams Hill Street Haythorne Upton Toller Porcorum Allington Caundle Marsh St Leonards Pleck Chalbury Common Wonston Avon Common Wareham Stoborough Heath Holt Wood Ham Hill Norden Cocknowle Hurn Slepe Osmington Mills Queen Oak Fifehead St Quintin Shaftesbury Synderford East Holton Langton Long Blandford East Burton Folly Mounters Hinton Martell West End Little Ansty Ridge Galton Blandford Forum Cann Mapperton Sydling St Nicholas Gaunt's Common Forston Quarr Plush Poole Penn West Pulham Fifehead Magdalen Lower Blandford St Mary Monkton Wyld Braytown Kingsland Holt Newton Ryall Hermitage Pidney Harman's Cross Newtown Fontmell Magna Rushton Twyford Muscliff Atrim Caundle Wake Tuckton Gussage St Michael Child Okeford Southlands Osmington Overcombe Chetnole Boveridge Lulworth Camp Turnworth Old Town Shroton Littledown Yewstock Stour Row King's Stag Bishop's Down Bourton Poxwell Manston Seaborough Westbourne New Town Dottery Winterborne Stickland Trickett's Cross Folke Little Woolgarston Dewlands Common Bradpole Watton East Compton Dean Tarrant Rushton West Orchard Loscombe Woodrow Maiden Newton Charminster Spetisbury Studland Enmore Green Broad Oak Gore East Orchard Woodville Hardy Country Park Horton Heath Ebblake Merritown Westham Stratton Wyke Regis Packers Hill Worgret Kimmeridge East Howe Alderholt Minterne Parva Milborne St Andrew Whitecross Edmondsham Poundbury Meerhay Charlton Marshall Sandbanks Kingston Preston Higher Bockhampton Whitchurch Canonicorum Stoborough Green West Shilvinghampton Cross Lanes St Johns Camel Green Lake Hound Hill Stone Hartgrove Ashley Heath Merley Oathill Furleigh Cross Purewell West Melbury Littlewindsor Thorncombe Pymore Durweston Higher Whatcombe Radipole Creech Merry Field Hill Swanage Puxey Christchurch North Wootton Winterborne Clenston Daggons Pimperne Redford Longfleet Bourne Valley Worth Matravers Canford Magna Furzehill Deanend Chilfrome Fortuneswell Stoke Wake Cold Harbour Oakley Winterbourne Steepleton Manswood Sandhills Portesham Beaminster Coldharbour Higher Sandford Crouch Hill Cheselbourne Post Green Winterborne Tomson Charlton Down Corscombe Crooked Withies Northbourne Hanford The Folly Grimstone Stanbridge Melcombe Bingham Leigh Litton Cheney Pamphill Turlin Moor Holdenhurst Nuffield Fleet Gillingham Horton Common Henbury Redbridge Hains Camesworth Arne Clapgate Seatown St Catherine's Hill Woodyates Hooke Burton Bradstock Branksome Melbury Bubb Castletown Poolestown Uploders Woodlake Totnell South Perrott Lillington Lower Ansty Upper Parkstone East Cliff Lambs' Green Stalbridge Weston Turbary Common Three Legged Cross Pleck Ham Common Monkton Up Wimborne Littlebredy New Town Boscombe White Lackington Woolcombe Powerstock Aller Grange Woodbridge Elm Hill Grove Charlton on the Hill Up Cerne Bramblecombe Wych Hilton Nether Compton Swyre Holway Gaunts Langham Talbot Village Dibberford Tyneham Pallington St Ives Stubhampton Crossways Stoborough Weston Court Orchard New Town Horn Ash Lulworth Cove Loders Woodlands Whitefield Ryme Intrinseca West Morden Westford Buckham Woolland Herston Kittwhistle Bingham's Melcombe North Chideock Eype's Mouth Bishop's Caundle Bugley Holt Heath Church Knowle Corfe Castle Bovington Camp East Stour Common Binnegar Cruxton Dunbury Burngate Cashmoor Buckhorn Weston Ringstead Oakdale Little Canford Mudeford Witchampton Langton Herring Madjeston Blandford St Mary Rodden Bookham Primrose Hill Chideock Long Bredy Langton Matravers Stanpit Portway South Bockhampton Charlestown Wyke Blackney Winterborne Kingston Brockhampton Green Higher Melcombe Blandford Camp Clifton Maybank Waytown God's Blessing Green Chedington Ranston Clift Stanley Green Uphall Springbourne Moorside Sharnhill Green Hengistbury Head Oborne Ashley Sandhills Haydon Catherston Leweston Purse Caundle Tiley Horton Ulwell East Melbury Burton Stour Provost Easton Lyme Regis West Stafford Bettiscombe Cattistock Marshalsea Nottington Glanvilles Wootton Whitmore Stony Knaps Henley Marshwood White Post Winterborne Herringston Pokesdown Batcombe Broadwey Tollard Farnham Park Gate Farnham Wimborne Minster Burleston Red Hill Fontmell Parva Iford Lanehouse Knighton North Bockhampton Coryates Lydlinch Kit Hill Sturminster Marshall Knackers Hole Alton Pancras West Howe Belchalwell Owermoigne Lower Wraxall East Chelborough West Parley Higher Ansty Stourton Caundle Shapwick Lower Holditch Higher Holnest Kingston Waterloo Grange Estate Bothenhampton Chilcombe Almer Hummer Bagber Sleight Blackdown Walditch Stoke Abbott Lewcombe Bincombe Woodbridge Chilbridge Nettlecombe Winterborne St Martin West Cliff Portland Bill Chalmington Southwell Chalbury Ansty Cross Quarleston School House Bradford Peverell Higher Nyland Saddle Street Townsend Lower Hamworthy Friar Waddon Mannington Puddletown Crab Orchard Longburton Wootton Fitzpaine Sandpit East Lulworth Upton Lytchett Matravers Rushcombe Bottom Kingston Russell Higher Row Mosterton Hewood Longham Cobley Over Compton Strouden Alderney Manning's Heath Hayes Cerne Abbas Higher Kingcombe Creekmoor Lower Strode Stoke Water Pleck Bowleaze Turners Puddle Colesbrook West Bay Hilfield Branksome Park Toller Fratrum Broadstone Lower Mannington Anderson Newtown Whitcombe Higher Eype Glebeland Estate Muscliffe Filford Puncknowle Warmwell Rew Leigh Hincknowle Long Cross Hamlet Moor Crichel Sturminster Newton Birdsmoorgate Huish East Stour Sterte Kingston Maurward Stinsford Southbourne Tincleton Silkhay West Chelborough West Hurn Burstock Dorchester Lake Tarrant Monkton Whitcombe Northport Holton Heath Frampton Stallen Pulham Netherstoke Long Crichel St Andrew's Well Tadden Bere Regis Shipton Gorge Higher Chalmington Blacknoll Piddlehinton Nether Cerne Wooth Stafford's Green Pillwell Ivy Cross Holmebridge West Bourton Gibbs Marsh Sutton Waldron Parkstone Corfe Mullen North Poorton Netherbury Sandford Woods Winterborne Zelston Hampreston Symondsbury Knowlton Boys Hill Muckleford White Moor Frome St Quintin Fifehead Neville Littlemoor Okeford Fitzpaine East Parley Glue Hill Woolgarston Higher Coombe Charmouth Avon Castle West Milton Sutton Holms Waddon Fiddleford Tarrant Hinton Combe Almer Walkford Evershot Dudsbury Tolpuddle Putton Drive End Godmanstone Greenham Bear Cross Holway Cowgrove Hemsworth Lower Kingcombe Yetminster Woolford's Water Hillbutts Athelhampton Notton East Brook Weymouth East Shilvinghampton West Knighton Sutton Poyntz Rolls Mill Goathill Meyrick Park Halstock Affpuddle Melbury Osmond Rockley Sands Kitford Droop Ameysford Ensbury Park Alweston Dean Park Tarrant Keyneston Shaggs Bournemouth Cosmore Adam's Green East Morden Tarrant Launceston Winterborne Houghton Salway Ash Holwell Pleck Green Silton Dewlish Broadwindsor Uppington Well Bottom Cripplestyle Throop Shothole Yondover Stourpaine Cranborne Woodcutts West Bexington Gotham Melplash Canford Heath Rew Kinson Furzebrook Toller Whelme Mill Throop Spyway Rivers' Corner Moorbath Bittles Green Hazelbury Bryan Pentridge The Borough Lower Halstock Leigh Lilliput Hedge End Higher Totnell Bridport Redlands Coombe Keynes The Mount Rixon Cold Harbour Fishpond Bottom Holnest Talbot Woods West Southbourne Pilford Hartmoor Shillingstone Wraxall Ilsington Mangerton Winterborne Muston Milton Abbas Durlston East End Shave Cross Bearwood East Knighton Stour Meadows Holworth Bloxworth Ferndown East Holme Highcliffe Pig Oak Lower Bockhampton Mappowder Romford Sherborne Lower Whatcombe Broadoak Lower Eype Upwey Frome Whitfield Hopsfield Farrington Winterbourne Abbas Weston Moordown Hamworthy Milton on Stour Ansty Wynford Eagle Wimborne St Giles Warren Buckland Ripers Morcombelake Todber Mount Pleasant Beer Hackett Hursey Askerswell Whetley Cross Guy's Marsh Organford Bryanston West Lulworth Steepleton Iwerne Alcester Winfrith Newburgh Hinton Parva Bowridge Hill Hollow Oak East Bloxworth Newtown West Moors Columbia Farm Minchington Somerford Leigh South Poorton Margaret Marsh Hillbourne Crendell Melbury Sampford Winterborne Whitechurch Hogstock Hammoon Ham Lodge Copse Estate Ashmore Deanland Winkton Newland Laymore Skilling