Norman & Underwood craftsmen carried out essential repairs and maintenance to this grade 1 listed Jacobean mansion in Hampshire, which today houses the national Police Staff College.
The contract required traditional carpentry, lead roofing, masonry and plastering skills, all carried out to modern quality standards. This created many challenges, not least the need to manoeuvre 7.3m long, 750kg steel plates up into a confined roof space and insert them into 250 year old oak beams.
The existing leadworks, including roof sheets and gutters were recast and relaid, and repairs carried out to the rainwater goods. We also fabricated new downpipes and lead hoppers, with the same intricate detailing as the originals, for the South elevation.
Scope of work
- removal and replacement of original handmade roofing tiles
- removal, recasting and replacement of lead roof sheets, guttering, bays and rainwater goods
- structural timber repairs and installation of stainless steel flitch plates, using a mortise
- structural steelwork
- repair and replacement of stone indents
- heritage carpentry
- repair and replacement of traditional lath and lime plaster, internal and external
Architect
GHK Architects; Andrew Meshaka
Contract duration
6 months
Value
£208,000
Date of completion
2011
