Tuffin Ferraby Taylor (TFT) - General Other - UK
Date: 06 Aug 2008
The Cultural Heritage division of Tuffin Ferraby Taylor (TFT) has picked up six new instructions, including work on Lindsey House, a building dating back to the 1600's that has housed a long list of Knights, Lords and Earls, most notably Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Five new instructions from the National Trust will see TFT carry out a combination of the roles of quinquennial surveyors and Contract Administrators for conservation work for Lindsey House (99/100 Cheyne Walk), Fenton house, Red House, Ham House and Blewcoat School.
On top of the National Trust projects, the specialist heritage division has also been awarded the contract for the design, specification and management of improvement works to Grade II* Listed Hoxton Hall.
TFT's partner in charge of cultural heritage, Stephen Bond, says: "This is an exciting range of work on some truly interesting buildings. It is good to strengthen our relationship with the National Trust, whilst Hoxton Hall provides us with the opportunity to implement a wide range of services on the one project."
Hoxton Hall was originally built as a traditional saloon style music hall in 1863 and is one of the only surviving examples left in London. Over the decades the building has been used as a Quaker settlement, a community arts building, an experimental theatre venue and is now a thriving youth arts centre. TFT's work will include an investigation, and the subsequent repair, of the 1863 and 1910 roof structures and replacement of roof coverings, installation of a new dance studio, repair or replacement of cast iron railings in the Music Hall Theatre and replacing the front and rear doors. Work on the roof will include making future provisions for self renewable energy sources to help power the building.
Lindsey House on Cheyne Walk, London, was originally built in 1674 by the third Early of Lindsey as one property and in 1775 was converted in to a number of separate dwellings. The building is believed to be one of the two oldest remaining in Chelsea and its residences have been home to a long list of noble families. During the 1800's number 98 Cheyne Walk was occupied by Marc Isambard Brunel and his son Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Number 99-100 Cheyne Walk is now owned by the National Trust.
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