Category Archives: Conservation

The Cloth Hall, Smarden, Kent

The Cloth Hall is an outstanding and largely intact late-medieval Wealden house dating to the 15th century situated in a prominent location near to the parish church in Smarden and displays a high degree of architectural interest that is reflected in its Grade II* listing.

Town Farm House, Brenchley, Tunbridge Wells

J F Heritage has provided advice for repairs and alterations to a fascinating timber framed dwelling in Brenchley. The property has been vacant for some time and repairs are required to make the building watertight and liveable. Sensitive repairs and alterations will ensure the building is reused and enjoyed for many years to come.

Larkins Green, Buckinghamshire

J F Heritage has submitted a heritage statement in support of an application to alter the exterior and interior of a historic house in Buckinghamshire. The application site relates to a Grade II listed dwelling situated within the Chiltern Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The property dates from the 16th century and has had variousContinue reading “Larkins Green, Buckinghamshire”

126 Gloucester Road, Brighton

J F Heritage was asked to provide a heritage statement and detailed conservation advice for an application to covert a historic building in Brighton. Gloucester Road developed between 1822 and 1930, and a historic map of Brighton and the surrounding area shows a built-up area with yards indicating workshops and dwellings.  Gloucester Road has a wide varietyContinue reading “126 Gloucester Road, Brighton”

St Dunstan’s, Canterbury

This remarkable church, named after the 10th-century Archbishop of Canterbury, St. Dunstan, is a testament to the city’s rich architectural heritage.The church of St Dunstans is located just outside the medieval walls of Canterbury, near the ancient Watling Street and has a long and fascinating history, it is also a building of high historical and architectural interest that is reflected in its Grade I listing status.

The Parrot, Canterbury

Situated in the historic core of Canterbury, near to the Kings Mile, is The Parrot pub. This is a typical Wealden Hall House with jettied wings. This mediaeval building is one of the oldest in Canterbury, dating from the C14-15, and is sited in one of the most ancient parts of the city, close to theContinue reading “The Parrot, Canterbury”

Royal Dockyard Church, Chatham

Showing the entrance with symmetrical windows, doors and embellished with a classical pediment. A few years ago, I was involved in a grant scheme for repair works to the Royal Dockyard Church, Chatham. The former church is located within the boundary of the Historic Dockyard Chatham, a former dockyard sited along the Medway with aContinue reading “Royal Dockyard Church, Chatham”

Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey and St Martins’s Church

Views from the cemetery of St Martins in Canterbury overlooking Canterbury Cathedral and within the boundary of the World Heritage Site. A fascinating history stretching back over 1700 years from the earliest remains of the Roman mausoleum outside the Roman Civitas of Durovernum Cantiacorum, which was later rebuilt and converted to a church in theContinue reading “Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey and St Martins’s Church”