Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council hosted the Design and Conservation Awards at The Anvil in Basingstoke on Friday 18th November 2005. The awards celebrated the best examples of good design and building conservation that had been undertaken in the Borough in the last 2-3 years, and recognised the commitment and skill of the owners, architects, builders, and others, who were responsible for the success of these projects.
The Basingstoke and Deane Design and Conservation Awards were first held in 2000 with the aims of raising awareness throughout the Borough of the need for high standards in our built and natural environment, and to applaud those who had achieved this standard.
The 2005 Awards were open to anyone to nominate a building or scheme which they felt deserved recognition, and nominations were short-listed and judged by two panels of independent judges who represented a broad cross section of expertise in design and conservation.
Good design and conservation is important as it ensures high quality, attractive buildings and spaces, and is an essential investment if we are to produce usable, adaptable, and sustainable places in which we will want to live, work and relax. Good design and conservation creates distinctiveness, a sense of place, and contributes to a pride in our Borough, both today and in the future.
If you see well designed or good quality refurbishments taking place where you live, we hope you will nominate them for the next Design and Conservation Awards.
Conservation Awards
Best repair / restoration of an historic building/structure
Winner: Stargroves, East Woodhay
For large scale repairs and restoration to a very high standard. Repairs to the external render were extensive and required a high level of craftsmanship and attention to detail to achieve the quality of finish that was accomplished.
Project Manager: Charles Brett
Contractor: Nimbus Conservation, Somerset
Commended: Barn at Catts Place, Headley
For rescuing and restoring a grade II listed timber framed barn that was in such a poor state of repair that it was on the Borough Council’s ‘Buildings at Risk’ register.
Contractor: John O'Leary, JOL Builders, Kingsclere
Carpenter: Alan Barber, Kingsclere
Best development in a conservation area
Commended: St. Michael’s Church, North Waltham
For the enhancement of the setting of the Church and the conservation area through upgrading the main pedestrian access, rebuilding of the boundary wall, and restoration of a number of historic chest tombs.
Contractor: R.J.Smith & Co, Whitchurch
Best conversion or alteration of an historic building
Winner: The Old Brewery, Kingsclere
For the conversion of a complex of former brewery buildings of varying dates and building types. The character of the individual properties was maintained and the detail of the conversion was executed to a very high standard.
Developer / Designer: Tim Cooksey, Traditional Building Concepts, Kingsclere
Structural Engineer: Rob Wilson, Calleva Design, Basingstoke
Commended: Stable Cottage, Stargroves, East Woodhay
For undertaking significant improvements to a poor quality 20th century extension to the building, which were undertaken with the sole aim of improving the building’s appearance.
Project Manager: Charles Brett
Contractor: Chirton Building Company
Design Awards
Best conservatory / orangery
Winner: Queens Meadow, Monk Sherborne
For a bespoke timber framed conservatory of high built quality.
Designer: Frank Dowling, Sherfield-on-Loddon
Contractor: Hartwood Oak Buildings, East Woodhay
Best sustainable development
No nominations in this category were considered worthy of short-listing this year.
Best environmental improvement scheme
Commended: Milton / Keats garden, Popley
For the regeneration of an area of communal open space from a bland area of grass to a community garden.
Landscape Architect: Katie Duff, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Contractor: Beco Landscape Contractors, Bramley
Best housing layout
Winner: Lauriston Court, Basingstoke
For achieving good legibility, permeability, a sense of place, and high quality finishes to what was a high density housing development on a site with a number of constraints.
Developer: Kingfisher Housing Association, Basingstoke
Architects: Jessop and Cook Architects, Oxford
Contractor: Drew Smith Ltd, Hedge End
Best new building
Joint Winners:
Henwood, Ashford Hill
For a replacement dwelling of innovative design which respected and addressed the buildings context, and was of a very high quality finish internally and externally.
Architects: The Haddow Partnership, Basingstoke
Contractors: Brickcraft (Newbury) Ltd, Headley
Lauriston Court, Basingstoke
For a housing association development which was of a high quality design and finish, and addressed well the numerous difficulties presented by its site, and context.
Developer: Kingfisher Housing Association, Basingstoke
Architects: Jessop and Cook Architects, Oxford
Contractor: Drew Smith Ltd, Hedge End
