Sussex Heritage Trust LIST OF Awards 2017 ENTRIES design for the future, respect for the past THE BUILDING CRAFT AWARD sponsored by Pilbeam Construction THE COMMERCIAL AWARD sponsored by Savills (UK) Limited THE ECCLESIASTICAL BUILDING AWARD sponsored by The Ian Askew Charitable Trust THE LARGE SCALE RESIDENTIAL AWARD sponsored by Covers Timber & Builders Merchants THE LANDSCAPE & GARDENS AWARD sponsored by The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust THE MID-SCALE RESIDENTIAL AWARD sponsored by The Hans and Märit Rausing Charitable Trust THE PUBLIC & COMMUNITY AWARD sponsored by Gatwick Airport Limited THE SMALL SCALE RESIDENTIAL AWARD sponsored by Lawson Commercial THE SUSSEX HERITAGE PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD sponsored by Harvey’s Brewery Sussex Heritage Trust is hugely grateful to all our sponsors and supporters in 2017. SPONSORS PLATINUM PLATINUM HANS & MÄRIT RAUSING CHARITABLE TRUST www.gatwickairport.com SILVER SILVER SILVER THE ERNEST KLEINWORT CHARITABLE TRUST www.covers.biz www.covers.biz www.savills.com BRONZE BRONZE BRONZE BRONZE THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST www.harveys.org.uk www.lawsoncommercial.co.uk www.pilbeamconstruction.co.uk LUNCHEON LUNCHEON LUNCHEON LUNCHEON LUNCHEON LUNCHEON & WINE & WINE & WINE & WINE & WINE & WINE www.adamsandremers.com www.asisltd.co.uk www.hanburyproperties.co.uk www.parkerdann.co.uk www.rwarmstrong.co.uk LUNCHEON MEDIA PARTNERS AFFILIATION AFFILIATION PARTNER OFFICIAL PARTNER & WINE www.tooveys.com www.proteuspackaging.co.uk www.heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk www.theheritagealliance.org.uk CORPORATE FRIENDS The Angmering Park Estate, City & Country, Glynde Estates, John D Clarke & Partners, Jonathan Dunn Architects, M. Marchant Specialist Lead Roofing Contractors and The Seaman Partnership A warm welcome to you all on Sussex the occasion of the 19th Sussex Heritage Heritage Trust Awards. The Awards scheme was Trust launched this year at the Awards 2017 UTC@Harbourside, design for the future, Newhaven. A 2016 Award respect for the past winner, the conversion and extension of two listed, 19th-century harbour-side speaker. We are very grateful to Nyetimber, marine workshops is an who are sponsoring a sparkling wine reception example of an outstanding and RH & RW Clutton, who are sponsoring the regeneration project of high architectural quality dinner. and local historical significance. The launch was The year has seen some changes at the Trust; sponsored by Harvey’s Brewery, a long-term we were sorry to say a goodbye to Patron, supporter of the Trust. Robert Minton and long-standing Trustees, In 2016, the Sussex Heritage Trust awarded 20 Cecelia Gillett and Vice-Chair, Violet Hancock. plaques and 14 Highly Commended certificates Thankfully, Violet is now a Patron of the Trust and to projects which were fine examples of the we were delighted to welcome Trustee, Simon Awards criteria, representing high quality Knight as the new Vice-Chair and Chairman of conservation and rejuvenation projects. the Awards scheme. This year we have seen an encouraging increase In the 40th Anniversary of the Trust it is more in entries for the Awards scheme with 66 important than ever to recognise our generous projects to be considered by our teams of sponsors, donors and friends, without whom we judges. The judging teams usually comprise a would not be able to exist as a charity. Sussex Heritage Trust Trustee, a professional I look forward to announcing the winners of the in the appropriate field and a lay person. All are 2017 Sussex Heritage Trust Awards. Good luck volunteers and I would like to express my thanks to them for the time they give to the Awards to all those who submitted entries this year. scheme. 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the Sussex Heritage Trust and we are delighted that our President and Lady Egremont are kindly hosting a celebratory black-tie dinner on 6th October at Petworth House. Tim Parker, the Chairman Dr John Godfrey DL of the National Trust will be the after-dinner Chairman WINNERS 2016 SUSSEX HERITAGE TRUST AWARDS 2017 DESIGN FOR THE FUTURE, RESPECT FOR THE PAST CONTENTS THE BUILDING CRAFT AWARD sponsored by Pilbeam Construction p5 THE COMMERCIAL AWARD sponsored by Savills (UK) Limted p8 THE ECCLESIASTICAL BUILDING AWARD sponsored by The Ian Askew Charitable Trust p14 THE LARGE SCALE RESIDENTIAL AWARD sponsored by Covers Timber & Builders Merchants p14 THE LANDSCAPE & GARDENS AWARD sponsored by The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust p15 THE MID-SCALE RESIDENTIAL AWARD sponsored by The Hans and Märit Rausing Charitable Trust p16 THE PUBLIC & COMMUNITY AWARD sponsored by Gatwick Airport Limited p23 THE SMALL SCALE RESIDENTIAL AWARD sponsored by Lawson Commercial p30 THE SUSSEX HERITAGE PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD sponsored by Harvey’s Brewery p43 CONTACT SUSSEX HERITAGE TRUST PO Box 769, Chichester PO19 9RT t: 01243 576 524 e: [email protected] www.sussexheritagetrust.com @SussexHeritage f /sussexheritagetrust Registered Charity No. 274366 4 SUSSEX HERITAGE TRUST AWARDS 2017 THE BUILDING CRAFT AWARD SPONSORED BY PILBEAM CONSTRUCTION An example of high quality work by a craftsperson or young apprentice using traditional skills or crafts, e.g. thatch, flint, plaster, iron, stone, wood, glass, and other materials etc., which repairs or enhances architectural features. This award is given to the person rather than the project. JODIE FLAHERTY RIGG, CHARLOTTE STREET, BRIGHTON The project’s aim was to create a link between a basement office and the family home. The staircase was inspired by the relics of partially submerged fishing boats on the mud flats on the River Adur. Submitted by: Grain Furniture, Iford nr. Lewes. www.grainfurniture.co.uk Craftsman: Jodie Flaherty Rigg, Grain Furniture. Picture: Jim Stephenson JOHN GRANT, KINGLSEY ROOFING | BEN LAW & JUSTIN OWEN, WOODSMEN, ENGLISH SHAKE ROOF, THE GATEWAY PROJECT, THE WEALD & DOWNLAND LIVING MUSEUM The Gateway Project comprises of two separate clusters of buildings. Both principal anchor buildings are roofed from 60,000 local English chestnut shakes, cut from Prickly Nut Wood near Lodsworth, Sussex by two local woodsmen and their teams, to ensure a truly local and sustainable product from the outset. The roofing sub-contractor, Kingsley Roofing, was appointed by the main contractor, Pilbeam Construction, to construct the unique natural roofs on the north and south anchor buildings for The Gateway Project at the Museum. Submitted by: Matthew Richardson, ABIR Architects, Hove. www.abir.co.uk Architect: ABIR Architects. Contractors: Pilbeam Construction, Brighton. www.pilbeamconstruction.co.uk DESIGN FOR THE FUTURE, RESPECT FOR THE PAST 5 THE BUILDING CRAFT AWARD SPONSORED BY PILBEAM CONSTRUCTION NORTH ENTRANCES, KNOLE ROAD, BEXHILL-ON-SEA In 1940, the terrace took a direct hit from a German bomber where two of the Queen Anne style gable entrances were destroyed. Originally replaced with contemporary entrances which bore no resemblance to the original facades, work was undertaken to the now Grade II listed building to restore the original entrances. Submitted by: Knole Road Flat Owners (Bexhill) Ltd, Bexhill-on-Sea. Tel: 01424 212 940. Architect: Brian Beeston B.A Dip.Arch. RIBA, Bexhill-on-Sea. Tel: 01424 213 607 Other: Geoff Howard BSc(Hons) DipEcon, Bexhill-on-Sea. Tel: 01424 845 790. BEFORE PHIL GREGORY, HOME FARM BARN, CHRIST’S HOSPITAL, HORSHAM The conservation and repair of the Grade II listed, 16th-century box framed barn. Careful repairs to large scale 16th-century timber sections involving the following components: oak trusses and jowled posts, oak purlins & rafters and oak box frame (in-situ repairs). Submitted by: Nicola Davies, Savills (UK) Ltd, Petworth. www.savills.co.uk Project Officer/Designer: Nicola Davies MCIAT, Savills (UK) Ltd. Site Manager: Simon Medhurst, S & P Comber Ltd, East Grinstead. www.comberandson.co.uk Contractors: John Comber, S & P Comber Ltd. Craftsmen: Phil Gregory (Carpenter/Joinery Foreman), S & P Comber Ltd. Other: Robin Nugent RIBA (Conservation Architect), Robin Nugent Architects, Horsham. www.robinnugentarchitects.co.uk | Adrian Warburton (Structural Engineer), Dixon Hurst Kemp, Horsham. www.dhk.co.uk | Huw Lloyd (Timber Defect Specialists), Environmental Building Solutions Ltd, Milton Keynes. www.ebssurvey.co.uk 6 SUSSEX HERITAGE TRUST AWARDS 2017 THE BUILDING CRAFT AWARD SPONSORED BY PILBEAM CONSTRUCTION THE FLINTMAN COMPANY, DEPOT CINEMA, PINWELL ROAD, LEWES A combination of random knapped flint with knapped flint quoins and coursed knapped flint, for the walls and roof to the education room, and to the entrance aedicule forms an important part of the contextual design for the Depot Lewes, rooting it through craft traditions, in its locality. Submitted by: Burrell Foley Fischer LLP, London. www.bff-architects.com Architect: Burrell Foley Fischer LLP. Craftsmen: The Flintman Company Ltd, Brighton. www.flintman.co.uk THE DOVE COTE, MOTCOMBE GARDENS, EASTBOURNE BN21 1QF The Grade II listed Dove Cote was not a large project but important to the history of Eastbourne, originally forming part of the farm yard for the Duke of Devonshire, where the adjacent pond is the source of the Bourne spring from which East-Bourne got its name. Submitted by: Clarke Roofing Southern Ltd, Eastbourne. www.clarke-roofing.co.uk Site Manager: Karl Strudwick, Clarke Roofing Southern Ltd. Contractors: Woods Scaffolding, Eastbourne. Tel: 01323 644 467. Craftsmen: Karl Strudwick, Robert Sedgwick, Mark Ince (Clarke Roofing Personnel). BEFORE DESIGN FOR THE FUTURE, RESPECT FOR THE PAST 7 THE COMMERCIAL AWARD SPONSORED BY SAVILLS (UK) LIMITED A non-residential (e.g. shops. offices and industrial) restoration, conversion or new-build, which can be within a Conservation Area, a National Park, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, on a “brownfield site” or including a Listed Building, enhancing and preserving its character and/or surroundings. ENGLISH WOODLANDS BURROW NURSERY, CROSS IN HAND, HEATHFIELD TN21 0UG The brief was to replace the existing office building with a contemporary workplace that reflected the personality of the company and to meet its growing needs. Submitted by: English Heritage Buildings, Woods Corner. www.ehbp.com Project Officer/Designer: Clive Piper, English Heritage Buildings.