Rooms we have given back
Forty-one buildings since 2009, from a twelfth-century refectory to a painter’s studio in a burnt-out chancel. These are six of them.
Ostrum Hall
2025
Wiltshire
A twelfth-century refectory made into one family home, with the long table back where it started.
Lancet House
2024
Norfolk
A redundant chapel made into a house for two, without losing the height of the nave.
Undercroft Cellar
2023
Bath
A vaulted undercroft below a merchant's house, opened up as a dining room and wine store.
Aumbry Kitchen
2022
Somerset
A manor kitchen with its stone aumbries cleaned, its range relined and new oak fitted around them.
Transept Library
2021
Durham
A college library with failing roof timbers, repaired in place while the books stayed on the shelves.
Chancel Studio
2019
York
The chancel of a ruined church, roofed again and fitted out as a painter's studio.