Have you ever wondered what a typical day for Storm looks like? Every day is different, we could be surveying a historic home in Dublin and fitting secondary glazing to a church in Brighton in the same week, but one thing is for sure, we’ll see a lot of history. There are some really early […]
Chatham Historic Dockyard
“Oh, the Places You’ll Go…”
It’s not every day you get to tread the same path as the likes of children’s author and illustrator Dr. Seuss, novelist John le Carre and the current UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak. If you’re wondering what these three could possibly have in common, they were all notable alumni of the Lincoln College of Oxford University. […]
Saving Surrey’s Semaphore Tower – the last in Britain!
Would you know what a semaphore tower was? We have to admit, until we were asked to work on one, we didn’t know either! One of our recent projects, however, involved the renovation of Britain’s last remaining Semaphore Tower based in Chatley Heath, Surrey. The uniquely shaped grade II listed building, dating back to the […]
Retirement Accommodation – out with the old?
Have you thought about where you’d like to spend your retired years? Until the time comes, I don’t think many give it much thought. But retirement accommodation is big business and is moving on apace to the outdated vision we might have of retirement homes of the past. A host of contemporary, purpose-built villages with […]
Cranley Gardens
Take a plush Victorian terrace in an upmarket location, mix in a designated Conservation Area and a nearby historic city garden and you have the recipe for a highly desirable place to live. For this prestigious project, our collaboration with Newland Construction continues. We’re fitting glazing to sash windows in a deceivingly spacious listed home […]
Preserving the capital’s captivating history
We love working on historic buildings across the UK, but there’s something about preserving the history of our capital that engenders an extra sense of pride. One of our latest projects takes us into the heart of Mayfair, to one of the first Georgian squares to have been built in the 1720s in the West […]
Bathing in joy of Bath project
Best known (and named) for its Roman-built baths, the spa city dates back to c. 60 AD when it became ‘Aquae Sulis’ or ‘the waters of Sul’ in the valley of the River Avon. Grand architecture has added to its Roman roots across the centuries boosting the historical significance of the city and growing it […]
Rubbing shoulders with the redcoats
No, we haven’t been replacing windows at Butlins holiday camps…The redcoats to which we refer are none other than the amazing Chelsea Pensioners! Some of the 300 veterans who now reside within the walls of the historic Royal Hospital Chelsea have become stars of stage and screen, most recently, producing the 2019 winner of Britain’s […]
Enchanted by the olde worlde charm of Overbury Estate
Very few country estates in Britain have maintained their manorial presence of old, embedded in the community and acting as overseers of the villages in which they stand. Worcestershire’s Overbury Estate, however, is a remarkable example where this historic authority remains very much alive. Thanks to the current owner, Lady Penelope Bossom, Overbury Court still […]