Recent Projects - work undertaken in the last five years or so.

Recording and interpretation for private individuals.

Spains Hall, Finchingfield. Recording, analysis and interpretation of entire house. Over 50 rooms of an extensive C17th Great House with C15th origins, Georgian and Victorian additions and C20th refinements. Project ongoing. 33,000 word thesis and 85 record cards.

C15th/C16th hall house with two cross-wings and original crown posts. C18th/C19th additions then connected to another cross-wing. Castle Hedingham.

C16th house with C19th cottage extensions in Great Yeldham.

Georgian Farmhouse of 1830 with C16th origins on C13th moated site. Writtle.

Public House listed as C16th but actually C15th with massive C18th/C19th additions.Castle Hedingham.

Two houses originally a C16th open hall house with C16th and C18th insertions and new floors. Castle Hedingham.

House and cottage, originally long wall jettied town house early C16th. Coggeshall.

Large town house with C14th cross-wing, C16th inserted floors and many C18th additions. Halstead.

Recording and interpretation for planning purposes.

House and shops. Originally long walled jetty house of early 1500's converted to Georgian style town house in mid C19th. Extensive C20th alterations. Survey, analysis and impact justification statement to create four apartments from two existing.

Range of C18th barns with mediaeval origins and C17th remodelling. Much repaired after damage from explosion! Drawn and photographic survey to RCHME Level 3 for planning consent. Waltham Abbey.

Farm in Great Burstead. Shed that is actually a C15th in-line hall house.

Kings Arms Public House, Colchester. Analysis of the Georgian building and outbuildings. Compilation of historic profile and impact justification report. Client Greene King / Sampson Architects / DHA Planning.

Recording Hylands House, Chelmsford. Analysis of the house, stable block and flint cottage. Client: Chelmsford Borough Council.

Copt Hall Estate, Little Wigborough. Condition survey of the house, farm and barns. Client: National Trust.

Copt Hall Estate, Little Wigborough. Advice on the archaeological survey of the saltings in Wier Pond Field. Client: National Trust.

Cattawade Marshes, Cattawade. Archaeological watching brief on the lowering of the reed beds and opening of ditches. Client: RSPB.

Feeringbury Manor, Feering. Archaeological watching brief on the excavation of a new pond near the river Blackwater. Client: Owner.

The Castle Inn, Earles Colne. Demolition of a brick side flue oven. Client: Owner.

Moon Hall, Stambourne. Complete record of long wall jetty timber-frame. Client: Owner.

Beeleigh Abbey, Maldon. Excavation of the Tudor footings of part of the abbey outbuildings. Watching brief on a new kerb foundation.

Watching Briefs on Churches.

St Margaret of Antioch, Toppesfield. Test pit against buttress.

St Mary's, Ardleigh. Excavation of a soakaway.

St Nicholas, Canewdon. Excavation of a septic tank pit.

St Mary's & St Laurence's, Great Waltham. Excavation of a service trench from the lych gate to the tower and around.

Holy Trinity, Halstead. Excavation of a soakaway.

St Peter's, South Hanningfield. Excavation of a new path across the graveyard.

Rectified Digital Photography

Osterley Park, Isleworth, London. All 12 elevations of the Stables. Project commissioned by the Paul Drury Partnership on behalf of the NT.

Wheelwrights Shop, East Sussex. All internal and external elevations of the stone building for a stone by stone rebuild. Commissioned by Archaeology South-East.

Chelmsford Cathedral, Essex. Elevation of the south aisle for a repointing exercise by English Heritage. commissioned by Essex County Council.

Decay Testing with Sibert Drill.

St George's Church, Gt Bromley. The hammerbeam roof.

Bennett's Funeral Parlour, Brentwood. Floor timbers and lintels.

House in Kelvedon Hatch. Cracked bridging joist.

House in Bradford Street, Bocking. Death watch beetle infestation.

Exhibition Design.

The Grange Barn, Coggeshall. Research and design of ten 1200 x 1500mm panels. Project completed but abandoned by NT.

Archaeology at the Airport. Design and production of 17 A0 panels for the British Airports Authority at Stansted Airport.

Wetlands. Design and production of 13 A1 panels for the Ramsar Convention.

Excavations at Great Wakering. Design and production of 5 A1 panels for the local church.

Aythorpe Post Mill. Design and production of 7 A1 panels for the ECC owned mill.

Finchingfield Windmill. Design and production of 6 A1 panels for the ECC owned mill.

Stock Windmill. Design and production of 4 A1 panels for the ECC owned mill.

Thorrington Tide Mill. Design and production of 4 A1 panels for the ECC owned mill.

Mountnessing Windmill. Design and production of 6 A1 panels for the ECC owned mill.

Exhibitions at Cressing Temple.

The Court Hall. Design and production of 20 bespoke panels. Creation of exhibits in glass cases, building of mounting boards.

The Bakehouse. Design and production of 6 A1 panels. Creation of the room set, building of keeler, restoration of the oven to working order. Building of display boards.

The Forge. Design and production of 3 A1 panels. Creation of room set, building workbench, repairing bellows, installation of PIR operated lights.

The Wheelwrights Shop. Design and production of 4 A1 panels. Upgrading of roomset, installation of new exhibits, installation of PIR operated lights.

The Stables. Design and production of 2 A1 panels. Creation of roomset, preparation of harnesses, repair of manger and feed trough, installation of PIR operated lights.

The Ploughroom. Design and production of 2 A1 panels. Creation of roomset, preparation of ploughs, installation of seed trays, installation of PIR operated lights.

The Well House. Design and production of 4 A1 panels on the Well House. Design and production of 3 A1 panels on the Tudor Garden. Design and production of 7 A1 panels on the history of the Essex seed industry. Mounting of exhibits, design of well safety cage and barrier. Installation of display cases.

The Wheat Barn. Design and production of 2 A1 panels.

The Barley Barn. Design and production of 2 A1 panels.

The Marshall Thrashing Drum. Design and production of 4 A1 panels. Repair of some of the drum's metal parts.

Seed Dressing Machines. Design and production of 4 A1 panels. Care and repair of the Boby Seed Dresser, the Hunt's Grinding Mill and several unnamed seed machines.

Remote Sensing & Dowsing. Design and production of 8 A1 panels.

Cecil Hewett. Design and production of 8 A1 panels.

Dave Stenning. Design and production of 6 A1 panels.

Adrian Gibson. Design of one A1 panel.

Website design and implementation.

cressing temple

finest prospect

dowsing archaeology

greengrid

minerals gateway

taskfulfilment

cjs-engineering

westover woodlands

AMS sound and lighting