Our team has built up considerable expertise and a practical understanding of historic windows. While often being highly attractive and characterful, they do present a range of unique challenges for property owners. We’re always happy to share this knowledge and learn from other practitioners and experts in the heritage property field. This September we’ll be […]
A new start for Faith House
Faith House in Tufton Street, Westminster is an attractive grade II listed building with a fascinating history. Designed by the renowned Edwardian architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Faith House was built as the Church Institute for St John’s between 1905-07. It was subsequently taken over by the Society of the Faith, an Anglo-Catholic organisation that still […]
Transforming an iconic old chapel near Abersoch
Chapels are an iconic feature of the Welsh landscape. They hark back to a time when the Methodist Church was thriving and embarked on a huge building programme. The Grade II listed former chapel, Capel Nant in Nanhoron, near Abersoch dates back to 1877. It was built by renowned Victorian chapel architect William Pritchard Roberts […]
Watch our Royal Hospital Chelsea Video
The Royal Chelsea Hospital is one of the UK’s most iconic buildings. It’s home to those famous redcoats, the Chelsea Pensioners, each of whom is a deserved beneficiary of this purpose-built safe haven for elderly veterans. It was initiated by King Charles II in the 17th century and the 300 veterans who live there have […]
The Historic Old Mill
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The Royal Hospital Chelsea
Condensation – its causes and solutions
Our bespoke secondary glazing can stop a lot of issues around windows in historic properties – cutting out draughts and noise and making a space as comfortable as possible. It can also help to reduce condensation, but what it can’t do is stop condensation altogether. Condensation forms part of the environment of a period property; […]
There’s no place like home!
We have travelled the length and breadth of the UK in our work helping to restore some stunning historic properties. We’ve been as far as Edinburgh, the Peak District, the Lake District and London to carry out surveys this year alone. Recently, however, we were in the unusual situation of working on two jobs right […]
A day in the life of a Storm surveyor
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 […]