Landscape Architects
The setting of a historic building is part of what makes it significant, and in planning terms it is assessed as such. Landscape architects in this category work on registered parks and gardens, designed landscapes, churchyards and the immediate settings of listed buildings: conservation management plans, restoration of historic layouts, new work that sits alongside old, and the landscape and visual assessment that supports a planning application. Much of the practical work is unglamorous and important, including drainage, levels, hard surfaces and vehicle access, all of which affect the building itself.
What this category covers
- Historic landscape appraisal, research and management plans
- Restoration of designed landscapes, parks and gardens
- Setting assessment for planning and consent applications
- New landscape design within historic settings
- Levels, drainage, surfaces and access around historic buildings
Apt Studios
Apt Studios is an award-winning garden design and landscape architecture practice with ...
RestorationWork
RestorationWork (Harris Jones and Son Restoration) carries out traditional and sympathetic works ...
Landscape work around a historic building
Treat setting as part of the application. Where a scheme affects the setting of a listed building or a registered park or garden, the assessment of that effect is central to the decision. Getting landscape input early usually widens what is achievable.
Check the designations. Registered parks and gardens, scheduled monuments, protected trees, conservation areas and archaeological constraints frequently overlap on the same site, and each carries its own consent regime. Establish them before designing.
Watch levels against the building. Raised ground and impermeable surfaces run up against walls are among the most common causes of damp in old buildings, and they are usually introduced by landscaping. Keeping levels below internal floor level and falls away from the building protects the fabric.
Think about the long term. Historic landscapes are the one heritage asset that keeps growing, and a planting scheme without a management plan reverts within a decade. Succession planting, and who will maintain it, belong in the design.
Questions to ask
Does landscaping near a listed building need permission?
It can. Work affecting the setting of a listed building, within a registered park or garden, in a conservation area or involving protected trees may need consent, and structures and hard surfaces have their own requirements. Check the designations first.
Why does hard landscaping cause damp problems?
Because it usually raises the ground level against the wall and stops water draining away. Once external ground sits above internal floor level, or a paved surface falls towards the building, water is delivered into a wall that was designed to shed it.
What is a conservation management plan for a landscape?
A document setting out what is significant about the landscape, its condition, the pressures on it, and the policies and actions needed to look after it. Funders often require one, and it gives long-term direction that individual projects can be tested against.
All 3 businesses listed under Landscape Architects
- Apt Studios Nottinghamshire
- HCUK Group Bedfordshire
- RestorationWork Surrey
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