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Period restoration
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Lewes
Restoring a Georgian townhouse
A Grade II listed townhouse on the High Street, rescued from damp, cement render and lost sash windows, room by room.
Project facts
Location
Lewes
Duration
26 weeks
Budget
£150k+
Completed
2025
Team lead
Ruth Mortise
N° 01 — Stage diary
How the job unfolded, week by week.
Every client gets this as a weekly update with photos. Here is the short version.
01Weeks 1–3Survey and consent
A condition survey and listed building consent for every repair.
02Weeks 4–9Cement off, lime on
Hard cement render removed and the walls left to dry before new lime.
03Weeks 10–13Sash windows
Fourteen box sashes taken to the workshop, repaired and draught-proofed.
04Weeks 14–18Roof and flint
Clay tiles relaid, lead renewed, flint panels repointed.
05Weeks 19–22Services
New heating and wiring threaded through old routes with care.
06Weeks 23–26Limewash and handover
Limewash inside and out, floors oiled and a final walk-round.
N° 02 — Finished
N° 03 — Materials
- Hot-mixed lime plaster
- Restored box sashes
- Flint and brick repairs
- Lime render and limewash
- Reclaimed Sussex clay tiles
N° 04 — In their words
They understood the house better than we did. Nothing was replaced that could be saved.
The Ashby family, High Street
N° 05 — More projects
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