Vestry Hall, City of London

Vestry Hall, City of London

by | Nov 12, 2019

Vestry Hall, City of London Sensitive repair works to a significant historic building. Vestry Hall was designed by well-known architect and architectural historian Sir Bannister Fletcher in the early years of the 20th century.  Now listed at Grade II, it is the home...
Cob Barn Repairs

Cob Barn Repairs

by | Aug 8, 2019

Repairs to a Cob Barn in Warwickshire Emergency works and fabric inspections. Working through a contact with a mud-builder in Cumbria, we were asked to visit a beautiful old farmyard in Warwickshire, and to inspect a small and rather curious open-fronted cob barn,...
Historic Aisled Barn

Historic Aisled Barn

by | Aug 8, 2019

Timber-Framed Aisled Barn A conservation management plan. A local, family-owned company came into possession of this listed, timber-framed aisled barn as part of their purchases in south Oxfordshire, and commissioned Manifest to carry out a detailed fabric...
Drystone Wall Repairs

Drystone Wall Repairs

by | Aug 8, 2019

Drystone Wall Repairs Like-for-like repair of traditional drystone walling.   Manifest were commissioned to survey and specify repairs to a drystone wall in an Oxfordshire garden.  It remains unknown quite what caused the collapse, but poor workmanship...
Lecture on Woodsmanship

Lecture on Woodsmanship

by | Feb 15, 2019

Lecture on Woodsmanship & Timber Framing The history of timber in woods and buildings in England. Manifest were invited by the Clanfield & Bampton Historical Society to give a talk on the history of woods and woodsmanship in England, from earliest times to the...