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New Eco-Housing 07-09-09 We are currently constructing two new houses in mid-Suffolk for individual clients. Both of these houses have been designed with very high levels of insulation and incorporate heat pumps to provide for the central heating requirements coupled with solar panels to boost the hot water provision. Whole house heat recovery ventilation systems have been installed to provide controlled ventilation and energy saving measures. One of the properties also has a rainwater harvesting system to provide water for gardening purposes and flushing of WC’s etc.

Winner Of The Maldon District Conservation And Design Awards 2009 20-11-2009 The decisions have now been made for the Maldon District Conservation and Design Awards 2009. Following a meeting of the judging panel on 22 September, 8 nominations were shortlisted. On 15 October the judges visited each of the nominated projects and assessed their individual merits against the agreed judging criteria. All the judges felt it was difficult to compare the projects that, this year, were so different from one another. BUILDING CONSERVATION WINNER - White House Manor, Mundon, is a Grade II* listed, timber framed building which was dramatically restored in the 1930s. The 1930 s restoration had made use of impermeable cement, in ignorance of the effect that it would have on this type and period of construction. Over time the cement trapped moisture against the exposed historic timbers and caused them to decay. The current owners, Mr. and Mrs. Hollis, who inherited this problem, had the vision and determination to commission a thorough repair scheme, informed by the heritage value of the building and an understanding of the materials and methods that would best ensure its future preservation. The judges were highly impressed by the pragmatic approach of minimum intervention that has been taken with the timber frame. Remedial work ranged from discreet splice repairs to wholesale replacement of major structural timbers where necessary, all in new oak and all executed with great skill. In view of the outstanding quality of repairs, the informed use of appropriate materials and the consistently conservative approach taken to preserve this very special building the judges decided it was most worthy of the Building Conservation Award. The Building Surveyor for the Project was Stephen Boniface of the Whitworth Co-Partnership LLP. The contractors were Bakers of Danbury: the two principle skilled craftsmen were Marin Burley from Maylandsea and Tim Board from Chelmsford, both only 20 years of age.

Awards for Binham Priory, Norfolk 20-11-2009 Binham Priory The Heritage Award is for pure conservation of an historic building or new work in an historic context. Supported by English Heritage. The Whitworth Co-Partnership LLP was appointed to undertake the detailed design and oversee the construction of the new service building extension to the Binham Priory church, and the wheelchair access to this building, developing the initial scheme design proposals produced by Donald Insall Associates Ltd. On Friday the 25th of September, The Whitworth Co-Partnership received a Commendation for their work on Binham Priory, at the 2009 RIBA East Awards ceremony in Peterborough. From 34 entries and a shortlist of 15, eight buildings in the eastern region have won an RIBA Award in 2009. The shortlisted buildings were visited by the Awards Jury during April and the winners announced on 21st May. The RIBA Awards in the East region were judged by Ken Shuttleworth, founder of Make Architects and CABE regional representative; Jill Goddard of the Thames Partnership; and RIBA East Chairman Steven Kearney of SK Architects. On the 19th of November, Mark Cleveland received a CPRE Award, (Campaign to Protect Rural England) for the conservation of Binham under the Environmental and Architectural Awards Scheme, Norfolk.

Bungalow Conversion 03-02-10 The project in Hawstead, Suffolk, has been on site for approximately 9months and is now entering the final stages before completion. The conversion of the bungalow has taken alot of time and planning to ensure that it not only works aesthetically, but ensures a greater improvement for the client. The extension has involved a complete reordering of the ground floor and a completely new first floor. This complete overhaul has increased overall room sizes with a better layout, as well as adding a further bedroom, bathroom and playroom.

Bluntisham Baptist Church 16-02-10 The new extension to Bluntisham Baptist Church Sunday School Hall has been completed and was opened on the 6th February. This modern extension provided a new welcoming glazed entrance foyer space, along with kitchen and toilet facilities and a church office. The interior of the hall has been refurbished, and two new lean-to meeting rooms constructed.

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