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H+R returned to Liverpool’s Heap’s Rice Mill to better identify the general condition of the timber structures following improved access.  The Grade II listed building which borders the Albert Dock UNESCO World Heritage Site will be transformed into 123 apartments following the £130m development of the south waterfront H+R were invited to undertake a reconnaissance survey of Manchester’s Grade II* Great Northern Warehouse and Deansgate Terraces, which is to undergo a £300m regeneration that will see an improved residential, commercial…

Some truly impressive project work came H+R’s way in August despite it being a classic holiday month. Specialist timber condition and service life investigations were undertaken at Buckingham Palace and Leeds Castle in Kent. In addition, the rare dovecote at Tendring Park in Suffolk was surveyed as part of the overall Natural England scheme for the estate which is being project managed by H+R An H+R surveyor was amused to come across a resident urban fox that had taken up…

The usual and wide range of buildings were encountered during the month covering a mansion in Mayfair and several impressive country houses including penetrating damp investigations at the aptly named Saltmarshe Hall in East Yorkshire and also on a row of thatched cottages in Cambridgeshire. What made a difference to the month was being appointed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to assess damp penetration and retained moisture issues with one of their Lutyens designed memorials. We were also appointed…