Client: Denbighshire County Council​

Architect: Donald Insall Associates​

Contractor: Chester Masonry

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Restoration of a 14th century ‘cruck framed’ hall house adapted several times over its time and most recently used for agricultural purposes.

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Denbigh County Council undertook to bring this important building back from the brink and to give it a new lease of life as rural offices.

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A steady approach to the timber frame repairs enabled us to keep in place the majority of the structure thus retaining the undulating roof and walls intact. Below is a summary of our approach to this project.



Typical with most Historic Building Restorations the aims were:



• Repair and consolidate the existing structural fabric to ensure future stability and integrity.
• Minimise disruption to existing fabric during renovation. ​​Reinstate and repair those elements identified as defective. 
• ​​​​​Enhance structure only where agreed employing appropriate methods and materials.