Wickham Place

This five bay cart lodge was designed and built to remain in keeping with the main house.

  • Project Type:
    Single storey, five bay cart lodge

About this Project

This listed property situated in the quaint village of Wickham Bishop gained listed building consent to replace a post-war garage outbuilding with a single storey, five bay luxury cart lodge. During construction a swimming pool plant room and shower block was added to complement the traditional elegance and in keeping with the 14 bedroom main residence. Handmade bricks, roof tiles and heritage ironmongery were all sourced from local businesses, ensuring a match with the original historic features.

Approaches/disciplines:

  • Had to source brick corbels
  • Hand made bricks
  • Specific corbel bricks matched
  • Flat top arch lintels
  • Bespoke joinery
  • Handmade heritage ironmongery
  • Handmade plain tile roof
  • Cast iron guttering
  • Power floated oversite

Whilst working under strict guidelines of the heritage officer Ponder Construction managed to deliver a modern but tradtional addition to this grade two listed property.

Contact Us

Unit 1, Lampits Farm

Turkeycock Lane
Colchester,
Essex, CO3 8ND

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01206 240141

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