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Historic houses | Public buildings | Ecclesiastical | World heritage sites | International
All Bar One, Edinburgh |
Called in to assist in a stalled planning application to create a bar in this listed Grade B former bank Dr Walls suggested ways to avoid the proposed ventilation ducting being slung below ceilings and so destroying the fine cornices, and how to minimise the visual impact of external extracts. Click here to view additional photos >> |
Bently Priory |
GQA have been asked by the Trustees to be architectural consultants for the Battle of Britain Museum at Bentley Priory Fighter Command headquarters from 1938. The Grade II* Priory by Sir John Soane and extended by Smirke in 1810-1818. Unfortunately the majority of original Soane design has been destroyed by fire. Click here to view additional photos >> |
Giles Quarme & Associates are historic building consultants to Foster and Partners on the redevelopment and restoration of the British Museum. The practice advised on the reinstatement of Smirke’s Great Ionic portico, the restoration of the original facades of the courtyard, and the reinstatement of the original decorations to the entrance hall and the reading room. Click here to view additional photos >> |
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Chiquitos in Leister Square, Westminster, wished to extend their restaurant facilities by having an external seating area, but their proposals were unacceptable to the Planning Authority. GQA were then commissioned to undertake this project and we obtained the necessary consents for our clients based on historic studies and precedents. Click here to view additional photos >> |
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Diamond Brokers |
A major diamond broking firm relocating to a new modern office block found the interior characterless and lacking either an entrance hall or reception. The brief was fulfilled with an impressive reception area leading into a large office, capable of doubling up as a dining and reception room for the regular visits of clients and traders. The sparkling effect of diamonds is deliberately echoed in the design with the use of reflections and translucent materials. Click here to view additional photos >> |
GQA obtained consents for a £7 million programme to upgrade the current facilities at Great Fosters, a seventeenth century Grade I listed country house hotel, including: a twenty bedroom oak framed block, general re-ordering to provide improved bedrooms, new kitchen wing and dining hall, a conservatory, and extensive landscape works. Click here to view additional photos >> |
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Former Royal Naval College, Greenwich |
GQA are responsible for advising on all of the architecture and landscape issues at the former Royal Naval College, Greenwich. It is the finest display of Baroque architecture and planning in England, with contributions from Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor, John Vanbrugh, John Webb and James Stuart. Click here to view additional photos >> |
Former Royal Naval College Disabled Access, Greenwich |
In some areas GQA have been responsible for designing and managing some of the contracts allowing the FRNC to become more accessible to all. GQA have tried, as Surveyor of the Fabric, to ensure other architects’ designs for access throughout the leased buildings are aesthetically neutral/enhancing to the WHS. |
Former Royal Naval College Painted Hall, Greenwich |
GQA were commissioned by DTZ in 1999 to advise and report on the condition and investigations of the mural by James Thornhill. Investigations by Demaus using endoscopes and Bush & Berry established the frame abutted the wall and the movement cracks were likely due to structural settlement and thermal movement. |
Former Royal Naval College Bar Roof, Greenwich |
The area of roof to the basement extension required a great deal of attention following rusting beams, poor roof covering and poor ventilation. The proposals create lead covered hoods with louvers for ventilation, a new insulated asphalt roof cover with York stone over and a replacement of the barrel roof. Click here to view additional photos >> |
Former Royal Naval College River Wall, Greenwich |
The wall is listed Grade II and the works are to elongate its life within a small budget. The work was in 3 phases: first- western end including anchoring of the wall bulge; second- eastern section including eastern steps; final- Royal Steps, underpinning foreshore landings, walkway level stanchions and railings. Click here to view additional photos >> |
Former Royal Naval College Stonework, Greenwich |
King Charles’ and Queen Anne’s Courts form part of the greatest complex of 17th and 18th century palace architecture in England. GQA were responsible for the condition surveys and recommendations following them. Extensive surveys were meticulously executed and following their conclusion work on the two buildings has been carried out. Click here to view PDF [2.3MB] |
Former Royal Naval College Tudor Plaque, Greenwich |
The purpose of the plaque is to commemorate the Tudor dynasty’s involvement with the site and unveiled in September 2003. Insertion of the plaque into the stone path that was only installed between 1951 and 1971 did not disturb any known or existing archaeological findings. |
Former Royal Naval College WCs, Greenwich |
GQA refurbished the WCs in the vaulted basement of Queen Mary and King William Court buildings. New cubicles were designed to recall the original cubicles for Seamen. The oak has been oiled and the services are run in boxing above the floor to avoid disturbing the vaults or the foundations. Click here to view additional photos >> |
Former Royal Naval College Chapel Floor, Greenwich |
The Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I listed Chapel, by Wren and Vanbrugh was gutted internally by fire in 1779 and the interiors were re-instated by "Athenian" Stuart by 1789. GQA are working with specialist repairers to restore one of the most important marble floors in England to its former glory. Click here to view additional photos >> |
Guernsey Castle |
GQA were invited to tender for the Conservation Plan and ancillary services for the Castle. Recognition was given to the requirement for several specialists’ involvement in the project were included in the team’s framework. An additional training programme assisting staff of the Heritage Committee was suggested and thought of favourably. |
Laverstoke Mill |
GQA were commissioned to work with St James Group Ltd to produce a report on the estate where the British bank note was produced. The report advises and guides the re-development of the site ensuring that the development proposals will preserve the listed buildings and enhance the surrounding conservation area. Click here to view additional photos >> |
The Conservation Plan and HLF funding application were led by GQA. The house is by a known Georgian builder, Samuel Worrall, an important Spitalfields’ craftsman, to the church and a key member of parish. The house, synagogue and area’s connection with the immigrant community is keenly documented. Click here to view additional photos >> |
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GQA held an advisory role to NVP architects on the possibility of development of the Pardes House School with the trustees. This Jewish Orthodox Voluntary Aided (VA) primary school for boys was established in 2001. |
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Old Post Office [PDF 3.2MB] |
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Princess Amelia's Bathhouse |
GQA restored the ruined eighteen-century Princess Amelia’s Bathhouse, Gunnersbury Park to its Regency splendour. The room adjacent to the plunge bath was converted to an artist’s studio. Missing fragments were conserved, earlier interventions reversed and all cementacious mortars and renders replaced in lime. The Heritage Lottery Commission funded this project. Click here to view additional photos >> |
Princess Diana's Memorial Museum, Althrop |
Commissioned by the Right Honourable Earl Spencer, the project involved the conversion, restoration and repair of the Grade II* Stable Block into a new museum and visitor’s centre, the construction of a large new toilet block to handle the 2,500 visitors per day, and extensive landscape alterations. In an independent survey of 6,000 visitors, the new toilet block received the highest satisfaction rating of 97%. Click here to view additional photos >> |
Royal Vic Patriot |
This Victorian Gothic Asylum was considered beyond repair when acquired for £1. The magnificent hall and painted ceiling, totally destroyed by arson, was painstakingly reconstructed, and received The Europa Nostra Order of Merit and a Civic Trust Commendation. A dance school, flats, studios and workshops now form a thriving community. Click here to view additional photos >> |
GQA were asked to help the museum with the cleaning of the brick and stone façade and other ancillary works of the elevation facing Exhibition Road. |
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| Group GQA have been commissioned on behalf of the St James to support the listed building application of the new development of the estate. | |
South Lodge |
GQA restored Decimus Burton’s hexagonal planned South Lodge in Regent’s Park. Being in a ruinous state exhaustive archaeological research was required to determine the original early nineteenth century details, particularly its unique slate slabbed roof. When completed the house was used by Regent’s College to house elegantly dressed visiting professors! Click here to view additional photos >> |
Following a failed Planning Appeal Tesco commissioned GQA to obtain the necessary consents for a supermarket and flats – which we successfully did. GQA proposed the retention of Sir Edwin Cooper’s South London Hospital for Women with the addition of a ‘missing’ wing modified to allow delivery lorries access. Click here to view additional photos >> |
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The Old Coroners COurt |
Neglected and vandalised this Victorian Coroner’s Court was bought as the HQ of steel brokers. The courtroom’s generous proportions suited the ‘noise and bustle’ of a dealing room and enabled the provision of hi-tech services. Externally the front gables and parapets were rebuilt, the lantern restored and stone windows renewed. Click here to view additional photos >> |
Victoria & Albert Museum [PDF 3.4MB] |
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