The Weigh House is an historic building in French Street, in the Old Town, with a fascinating history. In the mid thirteenth century, it housed the royal Tron, or weigh beam, scales and weights. Known in medieval times as the Peysage or Poysage House (from the Old French ‘peser’ meaning to weigh) it was where […]

The Geoffrey Harris House is a grade ll listed building purchased by Croydon Health Authority for use as a day centre by the Mental Handicap Unit. The Estate Department commissioned the Alan Marshall Partnership as structural engineers for the conversion project. The building’s external walls have a curious structure comprising two elements built over a […]

The furnaces at Blaenavon were built in 1788-89 and remained operative until the ironworks eventually closed in the 1880’s. Understandably, the site was not then attributed the historical importance with which it is now held, and much of the masonry was taken away and used to build a local church. The remaining structures were left […]

A designated World Heritage site, Blaenavon was one of the first large scale centres of iron production. The latest phase of conservation of this historical industrial site involves work to stabilise and conserve retaining walls built into the hillside behind the site’s five furnaces. Sub-contractor, Ascend Rope Access (Cymru) has recently completed the ifrst stage […]

The repair and restoration of the Blists Hill Furnaces, which form part of the Blists Hill Open Air Museum Site near Ironbridge, Telford, has recently been completed. The repair and restoration of the Blists Hill Furnaces, which form part of the Blists Hill Open Air Museum Site near Ironbridge, Telford, has recently been completed.  The […]