Glynde Place
Award Winning
Award Winning
Location: Glynde East Sussex
Client: Viscount Hampden
Architect: Giles Quarme and Associates
Value: £2.5m
Awards:
2018 RICS Awards – National Conservation Award, 2017 RICS Awards – South East Conservation Award, 2017 Historic Houses Association – Restoration Award
Glynde Place is a Grade I listed country house dating from the late 16th century, with extensive remodelling undertaken during the 18th century.
Set within the Sussex Downs, the property is constructed primarily of chalk block, flint, Caen stone and brickwork, with roofs covered in a combination of plain clay tiles and Horsham slate.
A carefully considered conservation and refurbishment programme was required to secure the building’s long-term future.
The project involved addressing significant structural deterioration within a highly sensitive heritage asset. Challenges included failing chalk and flint masonry, deteriorated oak floor beams and widespread defects within the roof structure.
Works needed to be carefully phased to manage risk and allow continued occupation, while ensuring that repairs were undertaken using appropriate conservation techniques and without loss of historic fabric, particularly where original Horsham slate roofs were retained.
The phased approach successfully stabilised and enhanced Glynde Place, improving circulation and functionality while safeguarding its historic character.
Complex conservation works were delivered to a high standard and in accordance with best practice. The project was recognised with the RICS National Conservation Award in 2017, reflecting the quality and sensitivity of the works, and further conservation and improvement works have continued at the property since completion.
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