Sussex Heritage Trust Award winners revealed
and live on Freeview channel 276
Architecture, design, traditional building skills and craftmanship have been celebrated as the winners of this year’s Sussex Heritage Awards have been unveiled.
The annual awards ceremony was due to take place in the summer but was delayed due to the pandemic.
Despite lockdown it received over 70 award entries.
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Hide AdTwo award winners and one highly commended in Eastbourne and the surrounding area. The Congress Theatre and Welcome Building (submitted by Levitt Bernstein, London) was described by the judging as a “sensitive restoration of the Grade II* listed theatre with the addition of the well-designed Welcome Centre, which takes forward the borough council’s vision for the economic regeneration of the town”. A private home on the outskirts of Eastbourne, won an Award in the residential category for East Grinstead based architects, Valley Builders. The Grade II listed Manor House needed urgent repairs including retaining the double-height 15th-century Great Hall.
A highly commended certificate went to St Andrew’s Church in Polegate for the Reshingling of the Church Spire by local architect Richard Crook of John D Clarke Architects, Eastbourne. Many shingles had been blown away or attacked by woodpeckers and needed urgent replacement for the Grade I listed church, which was built around 1360.
Further local success was seen for Clarke Roofing Southern Limited, the award winning, family run roofing and construction company based in Eastbourne. West Dean College of Arts and Conservation is a Grade II* building on the outskirts of Chichester, West Sussex, with a 130-year-old roof which needed complete restoration. As the contractors they received an Award for this complicated project, with the judging team commenting: “superb restoration of an historic building using appropriate traditional materials”.
Chairman of the Sussex Heritage Trust, Simon Knight, said: “This good news story demonstrates the importance of excellent architecture and design, traditional building skills and craftmanship and arguably without these the heritage we have in Sussex would be all the poorer.”’
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Hide AdTo watch the Sussex Heritage Trust Awards ceremony and for a full list of all Award winners and Highly Commended projects please go to www.sussexheritagetrust.org.uk
Full list of 202 winners and high commended
Award winners
Building Craft Award
Callum Jackson for Stonework to Old Goodwood Estate Cottages
Submitted by Berry Stonework Ltd, Lavant
Lion Roofing for work to Compton House, Chichester
Submitted by Lion Roofing, Chichester
Commercial Award
Hanningtons Lane, Brighton
Submitted by Morgan Carn Architects, Brighton
Lady Bee Enterprise Centre, Southwick
Submitted by ECE Architecture, Worthing, and Pilbeam Construction, Brighton
The Old Stables, Nutley
Submitted by Pippingford Estate Co Ltd, Nutley
Ecclesiastical Award
St Mary’s the Virgin Church, Chichester
Submitted by Parochial Church Council (PCC) of St Mary’s Church, Apuldram
Landscape and Gardens Award
Historic Stew Ponds Project
Submitted by Arundel Castle Trustees Ltd, Arundel
Peach House Restoration, Gravetye Manor, East Grinstead
Submitted by Gravetye Manor, East Grinstead
Mid-Scale Residential Award
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Hide AdLower Barn and Fielder’s Cottage, Christ’s Hospital, Horsham
Submitted by Valley Builders Ltd, East Grinstead
The Stables, Hove
Submitted by River Oaks Homes, Hove
Public and Community Award
Aldingbourne Country Centre, Chichester
Submitted by HNW Architects, Chichester
Burgess Hill Library, Burgess Hill
Submitted by NewRiver REIT plc, London
Congress Theatre and Welcome Building, Eastbourne
Submitted by Levitt Bernstein, London
Denton Island Community Centre, Newhaven
Submitted by Douch Partners Ltd, Forest Row
School of Science and Sport, Brighton College
Submitted by Brighton College
West Dean College Roof Restoration, West Dean
Submitted by West Dean College of Art and Conservation, West Dean
Small Scale Residential Award
Chalk House, Ditchling
Submitted by Ben and Sam Ellis, Owners
Conversion and Internal Alterations to Grade II Mill, West Sussex
Submitted by Jane Jones-Warner Associates LLP, Chichester
Hove House, Hove
Submitted by Baobab Developments, Brighton
Parsonage Farm, Kirdford
Submitted by Nicholls Countryside Construction, Kirdford
Ringmer Passivhaus, Ringmer
Submitted by Hazle McCormack Young LLP, Tunbridge Wells
St John’s Street, Chichester
Submitted by fiftypointeight Architecture + Interiors, Chichester
The Grange, Slindon
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The Manor, East Sussex
Submitted by Valley Builders Ltd, East Grinstead
The Sussex Heritage Person of the Year
Duncan O’Kelly
Highly Commended
Building Crafts
Clarke Roofing Southern Limited for work to Rear Lead Dome, Highmead Manor, Eastbourne
Submitted by Clarke Roofing Southern Ltd, Eastbourne
Liam O’Neill for work to East Street, Chichester
Submitted by Lion Roofing, Chichester
Lion Roofing for Work to Pallingham Quay, Weald and Downland Living Museum, Chichester
Submitted by Lion Roofing, Chichester
Richard Soan Roofing Services for Large House in East Sussex
Submitted by Richard Soan Roofing Services, Lewes
Commercial Highly Commended
Alistair Fleming Design Showroom, Lewes
Submitted by Alistair Fleming Design, Lewes
Brooklands Quad, Brooklands Farm, Haywards Heath
Submitted by Bolnore Ltd, Haywards Heath
The Buzzardry, Rushlake Green
Submitted by Blue Forest (UK) Ltd, Wadhurst
Ecclesiastical Highly Commended
Reshingling of Church Spire, St Andrew’s Church, Polegate
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Landscape & Gardens
Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens, Lower Beeding
Submitted by Donald Insall Associates
Mid-Scale Residential
Sunte Park, Gander Green, Haywards Heath
Submitted by Fluid Architecture Limited, Nutley
Public and Community
DREAM Centre, Chailey Heritage Foundation, North Chailey
Submitted by Deacon and Richardson Architects, Brighton
Felpham Community College, Bognor Regis
Submitted by The Seaman Partnership Ltd (now DLS:ARCH), Chichester
Jamie’s Farm, Allington Farm, Lewes
Submitted by BBM Sustainable Design Ltd, Cooksbridge
St Wilfrid’s Hospice, Bosham
Submitted by
The Seaman Partnership Ltd (now DLS:ARCH), Chichester
Small Scale Residential Highly Commended
Amberley Place,
Amberley
Submitted by Robin Nugent Architects, Horsham
Brandy Hole Lane,
Chichester
Submitted by
The Seaman Partnership Ltd (now DLS:ARCH), Chichester
Candytuft, Steyning
Submitted by Folkes
Architects, Storrington
Druim Beach House, Winchelsea Beach
Submitted by RX Architects, Rye
Extension to Listed Sussex Farmhouse
Submitted by Jane Jones-Warner Associates LLP, Chichester
Heydons Loft, Graffham
Submitted by MH Architects Limited, Chichester
Hove Park Road, Hove
Submitted by DK Architects, Hove
upgrading and additions to an early 19th-century Town House, Brighton
Submitted by HBA Associates, Lancing
Westways, Petworth
Submitted by The Goddard Partnership Limited, Bishops Waltham