The brief was to design a large replacement house for our client. The new house was to reflect the scale and form of the vernacular barns in the surrounding area with a modern twist. At the very heart of the concept of the proposal is…
The church had recently repurchased the adjacent Sunday school building that for a long time had been used as joiner’s shop, with the aim to convert it into a church hall that would serve the congregation and local community as a flexible space for events….
This much loved and much used Church building was in desperate need of an internal face lift to refresh its then dated 1960’s, non-original interiors. Our brief was to create a versatile and open space that would be used for services, concerts and conferences. All…
Consecrated in 1870, the church was designed by Austin and Paley of Lancaster and is surprisingly large for a village church; the shingled spire atop its stone tower stands some 45m above ground level and is very prominent in the landscape. The Gothic Revival church…
JCA have worked closely with the building owners, Lakeland Arts since 2009 and have completed several inspections of condition that have resulted in a number of small projects to repair and maintain the historic fabric. Both Blackwell and Abbot Hall are grade 1 listed buildings…
Located in the centre of Kendal, the building is home to 23 charitable organisations and is managed by the Stricklandgate House Trust. The Trust had already secured in-principle funding from HLF for repairs to the fabric of the grade 2 listed building but had a…
104 Abbey Road, a grade 2 listed building owned by Barrow Borough Council, was one of several buildings within Barrow town centre designated as eligible to receive grant through the Townscape Heritage Initiative scheme (THI) towards urgent and extensive fabric repairs. JCA were commissioned through…
Formerly part of the Vickers Shipyard, many of the buildings on the site are listed buildings, constructed of relatively soft red stones. Historic previous repairs in inappropriate cements had resulted in considerable decay to the soft sandstone and repairs were essential to conserve the detail…
A Scheduled Ancient Monument, perhaps dating from the 12th century, Frith Hall is first documented in 1545 as a grange to the Priory at Cartmel. In 2011, JCA was appointed by the Holker Estates Company Ltd to carry out a detailed recording and condition survey…
The grade 2 listed building is constructed of local red sandstone and our client’s wish was to extend the property to improve the amount of internal accommodation. The site lies within the curtilage of the Furness Abbey scheduled ancient monument and so close collaboration with…
