HISTORIC BUILDINGS

Historic building renovation and conservation Projects bring unique construction, financial and logistical challenges that require a sensitive and knowledgeable team to reduce risk and guarantee successful delivery.

Our experience in delivering historic restoration and repair schemes ensures that our customers maintain conservation standards, securely manage costs and stay the right side of statutory controls, heritage organisations, town planning laws and building control directives.

We have worked with all grades of listed assets and have a reputation for expert project control, specialist artisan suppliers and for identifying and working alongside communities, conservation bodies and similar key stakeholders.

CONSTRUCTION excellence

Our family of businesses continues to be supported by our construction activities. We operate nationwide and guarantee high quality bespoke projects delivered with the insight of a professionally qualified, experienced team.

ARTISAN TRADES

Our in house and external specialist and artisan suppliers ensure that we have the right knowledge and experience available when we need it, including:

+ Stone masons and carving.
+ Bespoke hand made brick matching / production.
+ Wrought iron restoration and specialist repair.
+ Carved stone repairs.
+ Historic decoration services and protection.
+ Specialist lifting and handling.
+ Artisan lead and metal working.
+ Historic roofing repair.
+ Historic joinery manufacturing.

PROFESSIONAL control

Castles has a unique history. Its owners are industry professionals coming from successful careers in Architecture, Surveying, Project Management and Construction.

They have worked with historic real estate assets and portfolios containing Grade I and II listings across the country including areas of significant control such as Edinburgh, London and York. They continue to bring their expertise to every project we undertake and bolster that breadth of experience with external specialists and advisors to provide:

+ Specialist Architectural and Heritage advisors.
+ Historic Buildings Town Planning Consultants.
+ Restoration and Conservation Consultants.
+ Materials identification and matching services.
+ 3D Laser scanning services and modelling.
+ Temporary Works designers and engineers.

FINANCIAL STABILITY

Working with historic buildings brings unique timeline challenges.

Conservation and historic projects by their specialist nature tend to demand significantly extended programmes and often a combination of on and off site working. The need to remove historic assets from site often creates significant risk, insurance and ownership issues and logistical pressures.

Castles continue to be wholly funded by our owners which relaxes normal commercial and financial pressures and ensures that can act sympathetically to the programme need and that we will still be around at the end of your project. Our off site vesting and insurance practices ensure that the ownership of your assets remain protected at all times.