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Stanwick Hall: unusual roof
The roof of Stanwick Hall, the Northamptonshire country house that featured in the recent BBC Restoration Home programme, is most unusual. This view shows the peculiar design. Note the condition of the roof tiles and the scaffolding in the background. Click on the image for a full size photo.
Stanwick Hall restoration: stair detail
Here’s a detail of the architectural drawing for the refurbished main staircase in Stanwick Hall, as seen on BBC TV Restoration Home. Click on the image for a full size view. When refurbishing a listed building, it’s crucial to have a good understanding of the construction techniques and materials available at the time, as well [...]
BBC Restoration Home: Stanwick Hall architectural drawings
We hope you enjoyed the Stanwick Hall programme on BBC Restoration Home on 26 July 2011. Here are some of Tony Rickett’s architectural drawings for the refurbishment. First: the east elevation: Â Next, the west elevation: Â Finally, the unusual roof: Â
Stanwick Hall on BBC Restoration Home: behind the scenes
As the architects working on Stanwick Hall, the Northamptonshire country house that featured on the BBC TV show Restoration Home, we have lots of information about the project that didn’t make it to the final cut. We’ll be posting pictures, architectural drawings and other material about Stanwick Hall on this site, so please check back [...]
BBC Restoration Home Stanwick Hall clip now online
BBC iPlayer is now showing a 2.5-minute clip of the upcoming Stanwick Hall programme about our restoration project at this beautiful country house. You can see it at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00jbx3x The show, presented by Caroline Quinn, goes out on BBC 2 at 8.00 on 26 July 2011. It should also be available on iPlayer for around [...]
Stanwick Hall BBC Restoration Home: 26 July air date announced
 Our refurbishment and alteration project at Stanwick Hall is to be broadcast on BBC2′s Restoration Home series at 8pm on Tuesday 26th July 2011. There’s also likely to be a short introduction to the project at the end of tonight’s show. “Years of neglect have left fungus growing on walls running wet with damp [...]
Stanwick Hall update
Our refurbishment and alteration project at Stanwick Hall in Northamptonshire is being filmed for the first series of the BBC’s Restoration Home. The show is presented by Caroline Quentin, with the assistance of Keiran Long, editor of the Architects Journal and architecture critic for the Evening Standard. Here’s an update on our progress. The reconstruction [...]
BBC TV Restoration Home features Stanwick Hall
Our refurbishment and alteration project at Stanwick Hall in Northamptonshire is being filmed for the inaugural series of the BBC’s Restoration Home. There is some more information about the series here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/comingup/restoration-home/ and here http://www.endemoluk.com/news/remarkable-television-builds-new-factual-series-fo The show is presented by Caroline Quentin, with the assistance of Keiran Long, editor of the Architects Journal and architecture [...]

