Conservation Management – A Fresh Approach
— 30 Sep 2024
Grade I listed Hartland Abbey and St Nectan’s Church in Stoke, North Devon were the perfect location for our recent Fresh Approach to Conservation Management event which explored new, more efficient and cost-effective approaches to historic estate planning. We are delighted so many heritage industry colleagues were able to join us for the event, which generated a lot of lively discussion!
Conservation Survey & Repair Strategies
A new way to look at five yearly prioritised and costed repair plans to help you to maintain and adapt your historic buildings.
- Comprehensive - A holistic review of your buildings incorporating current conditions, impact assessments and a road map to managed change.
- Targeted - annual, prioritised action plans.
- Clear - easy to understand and implement withshort headline reports and actions.
- Cost Efficient - costed projects focussing on optimal scope, effectiveness, and value.
Local Listed Building Consent Orders
A new type of consents framework for owners of multiple listed buildings to help streamline the listed building consent process for repetitive upgrading works.
- Umbrella Listed Building Consent covering typical improvements to multiple buildings, valid for many years.
- Pro-Active Communications with the local authority for timely estate management.
- Pre-Approved Construction materials and details that you can use across several buildings.
- Cost Control with contracting teams familiar with repeated consented works across the estate.
- Reduced Disruption to tenants and income streams previously spent waiting for Listed Building Consents to be granted.
Presentations by JRA Conservation Architects, Jonathan Rhind, John Alexander and Miriam Kelly drew on their recent experiences at estates such as St Michael's Mount in Cornwall and the Clovelly Estate in North Devon. We are grateful to Charles Bain Smith of the National Trust and The Hon. John Rous of the Clovelly Estate for sharing their insights during the presentations.
We extend our thanks to the Churchwardens at St Nectans, and Sir Hugh and Lady Stucley for hosting us at the stunning Grade I listed Hartland Abbey where we had a pop-up lunch and tours of the house.
If you are interested in any of the topics discussed we would love to hear from you!
Please see some of our Historic Estates pages for more info
