Conservation is not just about the grand houses. We were pleased to have completed the first project under the Heritage Council REPS 4 Traditional Farm Buildings Grants Scheme at a traditional barn dating from the 1600s on the Cooley Peninsula near Dundalk. The scheme provides grant assistance for the repair of traditional farm buildings of [...] Read more – ‘REPS 4 traditional farm buildings grants scheme’.
We prepared a Conservation Management Plan and Heritage Impact Assessment to inform an ongoing programme of repairs to the youth resource centre located in a protected strucure in the centre of Dundalk. Read more – ‘appletree foundation, dundalk’.
This protected townhouse in Dublin 4 is a terraced three bay three storey nineteenth century house with main entrance at first floor level from external granite steps and an apartment at ground floor level. We were commissioned in 2005 to replace a contemporary sunroom that was leaking and address issues with weathering to the building. [...] Read more – ‘dublin townhouse’.
In 2005 we oversaw the conservation and restoration of the facade of 10 North Great Georges Street. The brickwork facade was restored using traditional lime mortars and tuck pointing in full consultation with Dublin City Council conservation officers. Read more – ‘facade conservation, north great georges street’.
The design of the spire for an open competition was based around the concept of a system of hinged louvres which when in a closed position during the daytime present the spire as a copper clad entity and when opened and illuminated from below at night act as white powder coated light reflectors to create [...] Read more – ‘church spire, belfast cathedral’.
In 2002 we were commissioned to undertake works to a Ardbraccan Glebe, a red brick Victorian Glebe house on the outskirts of Navan. The works included a new extension, renewal of building services and conservation & repair of existing building fabric. Additional photos will be posted later this year. Read more – ‘ardbraccan glebe, navan’.