Kim Sankey

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What we’re working on this month: September

We are delighted to be assisting the conversion of a Grade II listed timber framed, brick infill, single volume thatched building into a bespoke and unique unit of holiday accommodation close to the Pig at Combe (Gittisham). The Bakery’s precise historic significance cannot be established, it is undoubtedly forms part of the village’s history, having stood in the village centre since at least 1838. Also, The Thatch, Evershot, a Grade II listed vernacular artisan farmworkers cottage located behind the Parish Church, was granted LBC and Planning approval to remove inappropriate roof strengthening measures and providing more sympathetically sized and pragmatic design […]

Rose Cottage in Wootton Fitzpaine, pictured in the 1930s

What we’re working on this month: August

Pictured above: Rose Cottage in Wootton Fitzpaine, photographed in the 1930s We have now achieved Listed Building Consent and Planning Permission for Rose Cottage in Wootton Fitzpaine (pictured above), which requires sympathetic improvements by the new owners. We also have two exciting new commissions. The first is to prepare an application for Listed Building Consent for the former Alcove Hotel on Marine Parade in Lyme Regis. The second is to prepare a second application and appeal against refusal of Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for Tarrant Ruston House.

What we’re working on this month: July

We’re pleased that the Grade II listed Georgian house and cottage near Charmouth are finished. The house, divided into three flats, and the separate cottage are now on the market. The planning application for a Grade II farmhouse and outbuildings in Ryall have been submitted. The aim here is to create extra accommodation by converting old buildings and also make some improvements to the main house. And we have a new project in Charmouth – a modern bunglaow built in the 1970s with panoramic sea views but needing remodelling and updating. Plus we’re doing another Statement of Heritage Significance for […]