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Jerwood Centre for The Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, Cumbria
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The
Jerwood Centre building is technically advanced but it has been designed to fit
naturally into a sensitive Lake District environment using traditional
materials. The concept design was
prepared by Benson & Forsyth with Napper acting as executive architects.
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Heritage & Historic
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| Chester's Roman Fort, Hadrians Wall |
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A
new visitors centre at the “gateway” to the central section of the Roman Wall
together with restoration work to the Clayton Museum and the adjacent fort.
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| Seaham Hall Hotel, County Durham |
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The
design, in addition to radical remodelling within the existing fabric, involved
removing substaintial unsightly additions and providing new suites and service
accommodation, some of which was around a newly created internal courtyard.
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Heritage & Historic
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33-39 Grey St, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Alteration, refurbishment
and restoration of a Grade 1 listed building to provide restaurant, bar and
office accommodation together with a client roof space penthouse suite.
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Heritage & Historic
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Exchange Buildings, Newcastle upon Tyne
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This important Quayside
building was functionally and economically obsolete and was in an advanced
state of disrepair with several floors having collapsed within themselves and
the basement subject to flooding. The
design has provided the building with a new lease of life as a 139 bed hotel
together with two independent bar/restaurants and basement car parking.
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Church of the Holy Name, Newcastle upon Tyne
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As
part of the church’s centenary celebrations we were commissioned to incorporate
a new sanctuary cross, remodelling of the baptismal font and pulpit, a piety
shop, disabled toilet, entrance porch alterations and general redecoration.
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Heritage & Historic
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Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
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Napper Architects were commissioned by Northumberland Estates to masterplan, design & co-ordinate a package of small projects within the castle demise aimed at offering the visitor a number of new attractions, thereby improving the interpretation of the castle’s history and overall visitor experience. In addition to a number of new live, interactive and multi-media exhibits, improved facilities include a new shop, fast food, restaurant, banqueting hall, conference & events spaces. The final phase including the refurbishment of the original Anthony Salvin Great Hall was completed in January 2008.
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Church of Our Lady & St Cuthbert, Prudhoe, Northumberland
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This Grade 2 listed church set in its own walled grounds required significant restoration. The work was completed to coincide with the churchs centenary in 2005.
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Heritage & Historic
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Retail Pod, Clifford's Tower, York
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The fort in York has stood on the site of Clifford’s Tower
since 1068. As a high profile tourist attraction English Heritage recognised
that the retail offer needed addressing but without interfering with the
ancient stone structure. The new retail pod which uses stainless steel mesh
fabric as cladding and a planar glass front was prefabricated and assembled
inside the fort from a kit of parts.
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Heritage & Historic
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Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Napper Architects were commissioned to undertake the largest expansion in its 170 year history. The Theatre Royal development has greatly increased the size of the building with an additional 1400m² developed with the former bank building on Market Street. Within this space a new public realm has been created to house a new Box Office, Bistro, Restaurant, Education space and links back to the existing listed foyer and auditorium.
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