Conservation Architects in Mossley in Mossley

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 Mossley (Greater Manchester)

Get in touch

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


Skip to

Gallery

Conservation Architects in Mossley 0 Conservation Architects in Mossley 1 Conservation Architects in Mossley 2 Conservation Architects in Mossley 3 Conservation Architects in Mossley 4 Conservation Architects in Mossley 5 Conservation Architects in Mossley 6 Conservation Architects in Mossley 7 Conservation Architects in Mossley 8 Conservation Architects in Mossley 9 Conservation Architects in Mossley 10 Conservation Architects in Mossley 11 Conservation Architects in Mossley 12 Conservation Architects in Mossley 13 Conservation Architects in Mossley 14 Conservation Architects in Mossley 15 Conservation Architects in Mossley 16 Conservation Architects in Mossley 17 Conservation Architects in Mossley 18 Conservation Architects in Mossley 19
Other locations available for conservation architects in mossley
Holcombe Brook Quick Smithy Green Lane Ends Alder Root Worthington Heap Bridge Cowlishaw Hazelhurst Bottom o' th' Moor Bull Hey Tamer Lane End Daubhill Top-o-th' Hill Spring Bank Strines Bradshaw Chapel Busk Narrow Gate Brow Hollywood End Ramsbottom Rusholme Highfield Markland Hill Rough Bank Bradford Peel Hall Birks Moss Nook Hartshead Pike Cote Green Primrose Bank Marslands Dog Hill Arden Park Lostock Junction Broadoak Park Spring View Higher Boarshaw Lately Common Timperley Buersil Patricroft Haughton Green Scholes Red Lumb Birch West Gorton Haugh Spout Green Kirkhams Fitton Hill Higher Ince Far Souracre Top of Hebers Compstall Lower Roe Cross Little Hulton Buckley Barrack Hill Hawk Green Water Hayes Longsight Tagg Wood Higher Summerseat Royton Moss Heights Dumplington Bickershaw Lower Broughton Well Green Roundthorn Fernhill Gate Middleton Junction Worsley Butler Green Alder Forest Dobb Brow Summerseat Clayton Mudd Carr Standish Lower Ground Bowlee Alt Hill Besses o' th' Barn Hindley Green Kingston Top o' th' Brow Ringley Fold Rain Shore Acre Clough Flixton Shore Edge Westwood Park Abbey Hey Hollins Green Oldham Edge Elton Cope Bank Souracre Whittle Brook Heaton Norris Lostock New Springs Windlehurst Syke Millbrook Acres Shevington Heald Green Carr Green Whitefield Rose Hill Castle Hall Sharston Bunkers Hilton Park Highfield Goose Green Hazelhurst Ainsworth Little Scotland Shevington Vale Newbold Higher Folds Gorse Hill Eagley Bank Chesham Matley Godley Hill Charlestown Wardley Redvales Longshoot Waterhead Burnden Kersal Dale Leigh Shaw Small Brook Bowgreen The Edge Moss Grove Limehurst Hollingworth Park Bridge Horwich Levenshulme Sinderland Green Dimple Stepping Hill Edgeley Prestwich Marylebone Sharples Top of Moor Moss Hey Tonge Moor Swinton Park Little Moor Johnson Fold Doctor Lane Head Street End Clover Hall Lowton Heath Peel Green Northern Moor Belfield Bramhall Rhodes Bank Lowton St Mary's Ealees Scouthead Woolley Bridge Tentersfield Bagslate Moor Stockport Great Moor Stubshaw Cross Stalybridge Affetside Haigh Goats Newtown Top of Cragg Hawkley Street Gate Catley Lane Head Leesfield Wood End Copley Aspull Summit Broadhalgh Brushes Stoneclough Glodwick Heyrod Fur Lane Passmonds Mills Hill Kersal Mottram Rise Offerton Green Bryn Gates Higher Ogden Slackcote Spotland Bridge Martland Mill Flowery Field Lower Place Honresfeld Norbury Moor Delph Hill Delph Benchill Stoneyfield Kitt Green New Moston Top Lock Stake Hill Smallshaw Brunswick Scot Lane End Bolholt Wharfside Lowton Heady Hill Top of Lane Mayfield Sedgley Park Holden Fold Tunshill Eccles Haggate Copster Hill White Gate End Chadderton Fold Hale Far Moor Halliwell Smithy Bridge County End Heaton Moor Waterside Carr Cockbrook Infirmary North Reddish Crumpsall Old Birtle Westhoughton Orrell Post Marsland Green Deane Middle Healey Werneth Low Ellenbrook HIgher Broughton Wingates High Crompton Barlow Moor Woodgate Hill Stamford Park Irlam Carrington Shevington Moor Broad Carr Chapel Field Hunger Hill Astley Bridge Thatch Leach Adswood Roughtown Burymewick Heyside Gatley Portwood Winstanley West Hulme Hooley Bridge Peel Brow Holt Lane End Owler Barrow Daisy Hill Hilton House Cross Bank Bredbury Green Brownlow Top of Heap Lane Ends Higher Hurst Pennington Bury Gathurst Langley Lees Prestolee Marland Chadderton Park Heathfields Spring Gardens Bank Top Tontine Davenport Wall Hill Gorton Grains Bar Cowhill Stockport Dunham Woodhouses Bank Heath Knott Lanes Tottington Dove Bank Withington Walmersley Lever Edge Ley Hey Park Woodley Ince-in-Makerfield Bryn Hosker's Nook Durn Openshaw Firs Lane Partington Greave Hollingworth Wash End Breightmet Atherton Firswood Audenshaw Springfield Moorside Cadishead Norley Town Head Dangerous Corner Dales Brow Lime Side Side of the Moor Higher End Shuttleworth Rochdale Ridge Hill Broad Oak Newbold Brow Lakes Terrace Warburton Monton Howarth Cross Bamford Mossley Sunny Bank Edge Green Cheadle Town Green Limefield Sun Hill Kitt's Moss Shaw Edge Hindsford Barrow Bridge Cockey Moor Norden Ashton upon Mersey Heaton Mersey Jericho Moston Roebuck Low Pendlebury Braeside Stubley Nangreaves Linnyshaw Woods Moor Luzley Rakewood Great Lever Cooper Turning Moorhey Ashley Heath Uppermill New Houses The Hague Taunton Crankwood Tanners Heaviley Hulme Denshaw Greenacres Moor Abram Brow Bowdon Brook Bottom Northenden Woodhill Fold Pleasant View Lime Field Cheetham Hill Peel Bottoms New Windsor Bolton Baguley Pemberton Moss Side Hurst Knoll Hooley Hill Woodhouses Over Hulton Bottom o' th' Moor Bramhall Park Ardwick Werneth Plank Lane Montcliffe Mill Hill Lydgate Castleton Dearnley Golborne Quickwood Reddish Vale Broadbent Firgrove Bedford Back o' th' Moss Buckton Vale Reddish Green Hart Common Linfitts Stretford Mossley Cross Brooksbottoms Sale Newtown Pennington Green Old Trafford Hulton Lane Ends Ancoats Roaches Little Clegg Chorlton-cum-hardy Cale Green Ordsall Lily Hill Lower Rushcroft Hathershaw Unsworth Standish Clifton Junction Water's Nook Roe Green Mossley Brow Debdale Mossbrow Higher Green Fenny Hill Astley Altrincham Bottom o' th' Brow Broadbottom Top o' th' Meadows Hollins Moorclose Farnworth North Moor Parr Fold East Didsbury Gee Cross Lower Summerseat Fern Grove Woodhouse Park Micklehurst Yew Tree Fletcher Bank Whelley Orrell Nether Lees Lady House Chadderton Whitley Lamberhead Green Rowlands Frank Hill Strangeways Failsworth Cold Hurst Wood Road Lowton Common Worsley Hall Platt Bridge Dacres Delph Greave Ellesmere Park Chew Moor Bardsley Ashton-in-Makerfield Wood Brook Springhead Higginshaw Roundthorn Fallowfield Nob End Buckley Wells Carr Bank Crooke Wardle Nook Collyhurst Lark Hill Beswick Buersil Head Waterloo Kirklees Grasscroft Greave Denton Greenside Great Howarth Heyheads Marple Bridge Moorside Burrs Watersheddings Higher Blackley Salford Quays Lower Fold Clifton Greengate Egerton Harpurhey Chadderton Heights Moorend South Reddish Egerton Park Calderbrook Shaw Heath New Bury Cheadle Heath Pobgreen Little Bolton Higher Woodhill Edge Fold Luzley Brook Ashton-under-Lyne Holts Harrop Green Fern Bank Town of Lowton Alt Leesbrook Diggle Torkington Caldershaw Red Rock Jubilee Urmston Hopwood Brook Bottom Salem Ringley Irlams o' th' Height Rough Knarr Little Lever Broadheath Rose Bridge Hurst Nook Crimble Hatherlow Four Lane Ends Blackley Cold Hurst Hollow Thorp High Lane Bottom of Woodhouses St George's Deans Burnedge Boothstown Pickley Green Broadley Fold Kearsley Moss Milnrow Hollins Brinnington Wallgate Dobcross Turf Hill Bank Lane Brownlow Fold Walkden Dunscar Didsbury Hindley Summit Lower Ince Higher Barrowshaw Bramhall Green Walshaw Woolfold Woodfields Mottram in Longdendale Mitchell Hey Prettywood Reddish Wythenshawe Lancashire Hill Burnage Winton Lane Side Top O Th' Knowl Slattocks Dunham Town Hanging Chadder Shore Outwood Near Barrowshaw Hartshead Green Hag Fold Fox Platt Royley Seedfield Salford Bamfurlong Alkrington Garden Village Siddow Common New Manchester Grotton Kearsley Black Clough Outwood Gate Wallsuches Cherry Tree Windy Arbour Pendleton Blackrod Bank Top Marple Starling North Ashton Nuttall Green Gate Winstanleys Topping Fold Hazelhurst Hattersley Lower Ogden Brownlow Grange Mumps Sudden Hale Barns Wolstenholme Rhodes Lane Head Oldfield Brow Hurst Brook Middle Hulton Rainsough Beech Hill Harper Green Worsley Mesnes Spotland Fold Abram Godley Wallness Heaton Park Tyldesley Calder Bank University Bredbury Pocket Fletcher Fold Westleigh Town Lane Belle Vue Mill Brow Woodlands Lilford Newall Green Guide Bridge Rosehill Bradley Fold Timbercliffe Glodwick Lows Light Bourne Green Castle Hill Lower Kersal Bevis Green Captain Fold Low Crompton Engine Fold Coppice Shaw Side Tame Water Carrbrook Baldingstone Ashton Heath Charlestown Blackford Bridge Gilnow The Cliff Free Town Land Gate Droylsden Greenheys Oozewood Davenport Green Greenmount Austerlands Rhodes Green Pimhole Heaton Woodhouse Green Woodend Back o' th' Bank Greenfield Thornham Fold Smithills Black Lane Gale Firwood Fold Lower Moor Nimble Nook Oak Bank Seedley Marsh Green Darcy Lever Barlow Fold Stanley Green Mid Reddish Trub Bleak Hey Nook Newton Wood Spindle Point Broadfield Horrocks Fold Sholver Hooten Gardens Laithwaite Hodgefold Parr Brow Chequerbent Stanycliffe Swinley Backbower Bottom o' the Moor Redwood Running Hill Head Newton Woods End Royton Hollinwood Prestwich Bank Aspull Common Hill Top Wigan Lower Arthurs Balderstone Cocker Hill Tonge Fold Crowhill Greenacres Fold Smallbridge Eagley Long Sight Newhey Pownall Green Middleton Astley Green Romiley Bradshaw Park Lane Oldham Cheesden Buckley Wood Newton Heath Bury Ground Chadkirk Summit Mellor Landslow Green Healds Green Woodhill Simister Stock Brook Hyde Daisy Nook Mosley Common Springfield Mile End Oaken Bottom Westwood Woodford Clifton Green Four Gates Lydgate Cox Green Darn Hill Stand Cutgate Littleborough Dukinfield Rose Hill Hooley Brow Holcombe Gravel Hole Quick Edge Fishpool Tunstead Wilderswood Hall i' th' Wood Clough Brooklands Sun Green Townfield Harrop Dale Holly Grove Manchester Bromley Cross Crompton Fold Caldermoor Heywood Lower Healey Whalley Range Longshaw Bower Fold Taylor Green Dixon Green Doffcocker Hawkshaw Bramhall Moor Gillbent Shakerley Weakey Poolstock Hollins Foggbrook Lower Bredbury Burnley Brow Radcliffe Victory Gidlow Hurst White Gate Swinton Marpleridge Davyhulme Littlemoss Shaws Woolroad Chapel Fields Gigg Howe Bridge Bottling Wood Greenacres Harwood Lee Clarksfield The Bell Hurstead Boarshurst Blackmoor Hazel Grove Moses Gate Miles Platting Trafford Park Kirkholt Birtle New Earth Cheadle Hulme Thurston Clough Barton upon Irwell Fernhill Willows Tang Spring Hill Hey Heaton Chapel Weaste Warburton Green Toppings Bentgate Stone Breaks Brindle Heath Warhill Roe Cross New Delph Hillend Old Tame Offerton Pitses Sandbed Crofts Bank West Didsbury Broughton Park