Heritage Correspondent
James Whitcombe
Beat · Listed buildings and conservation areas
James Whitcombe reports on homes in historic settings: listed building consents, extensions to period houses and new dwellings in conservation areas.
He is drawn to the negotiation between architect, conservation officer and Historic England, and to the small details — a roof pitch, a brick bond — on which consents often turn.
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Reports by James Whitcombe
Paragraph 84 country houses · East Sussex
McLean Quinlan Wins Approval for High Weald Furnace House
Wealden District Council grants planning permission for an isolated 455-square-metre country house inspired by historic Sussex iron furnaces.
Conversions
Fieldwork Architects Converts Rural East Anglia Stables into Home
Fieldwork Architects completes a 280-square-metre conversion of agricultural stables in East Anglia, inserting elevated timber living volumes into an exposed steel frame.