Heritage & culture
We have extensive experience in maintaining and enhancing some of the world’s most recognisable buildings of cultural, historical or religious significance. We work closely with stakeholders, source traditional crafts and rare materials and secure major funding for complex projects.
Creating and maintaining historic or iconic buildings can be sensitive work.
With a passion for preserving national heritage and properties with cultural significance, we relish the challenges these projects present.
Gleeds’ team of experts has more than 30 years’ experience of delivering heritage projects – including historic and cultural buildings, new buildings near historic sites, and adapting or altering buildings. Our clients include local authorities, preservation trusts, the National Trust, universities, cathedrals, galleries and private individuals.
We have provided advice and support on several demanding Grade I listed schemes in the UK, for clients including the Royal Household, Blenheim Palace Heritage Foundation, Nottingham Castle and Cambridge Colleges.
We support the key conservation principles of minimum intervention and reversibility. Our extensive sector background enables us to strike a careful balance between maintaining the authenticity and integrity of a building with introducing new functions and alterations that can prolong its useful life.
Restoring and preserving listed buildings presents unique constraints and difficulties, and Gleeds is adept in overcoming these. We frequently handle:
- Projects with multiple stakeholders
- Obtaining building consents
- Conservation plans
- The sourcing of materials and specialist trade
- The risk of unexpected costs.
Specialist skills
We possess the capabilities and confidence to develop the most appropriate solution for every project, and to solve any problems that may emerge.
Our team includes surveyors with formal conservation qualifications, which enables us to challenge design teams and propose alternative, innovative solutions where necessary.
We have specialist knowledge of traditional crafts and materials, and access to talented professionals in techniques such as stone masonry, flint work, historic joinery and ironwork and the use of rare local materials.
Attention to detail
Heritage work tends to involve a wide range of stakeholders and external funders. The considerable knowledge we’ve amassed enables us to develop robust project proposals, evaluate risk, set realistic programmes, establish sound budgets and manage procurement.
Our dedicated funding advisors are well versed in working with heritage bodies and have an exceptional track record of securing major funding in this sector.
Restoration and conservation of Grade I & II listed structures at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings
Restoring history for the arts
Tai Kwun
Transforming a rich heritage site into a cultural social hub
The Piece Hall, Halifax
The curtain went up, the costs came down.
Theatre Royal
Heritage & Culture team
Martin Hall
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Vladimir Bily
Prague, Czech Republic
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