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Integer et faucibusmagna.Aenea rdiet laoreet dignissim,nibh neque tincidunt elit,eu pretium ligula arcu at turpis.and then the upper one. STEP 5 dignissim porta egetmalesuada velit.auctor dui,et vulputate est. Integer et faucibusmagna.Aenea rdiet laoreet dignissim,nibh neque tincidunt elit,eu pretium ligula arcu at turpis.and then the upper one. STEP 7 dignissim porta egetmalesuada velit.auctor dui,et vulputate est. Integer et faucibusmagna.Aenea rdiet laoreet dignissim,nibh neque tincidunt elit,eu STEP 6 dignissim porta egetmalesuada velit.auctor dui,et vulputate est. Integer et faucibusmagna. ListedHeritageMagazine September/October 2016 49 Swan Street Althoughmy career path tookme down the road ofDesign Engineering, I have retained this interest inmedieval architecture and when this sameTudor house came up for sale a few years ago I felt that thiswas a once in a lifetime opportunity to do something that I had always longed to do and also to leave some sort of legacy in the village. The housewas in a very poor state of repair and needed an extensive refurbishment. The previous owner had recently died after spendingmany years carrying outwork on the house,much ofwhichwas not to the standards now set out by planners and historic building officers. The purchasewas completed in 2013 and that iswhen the realisation set in of themagnitude ofwhatwas needed to bring the house back to life. I spent a lot of time seeking advice from experts and peoplewho had done this before. I joined the LPOC and read asmuch as I could on the refurbishment ofmedieval buildings. The process of planning approvalwas complex and tortuous. An external view of 49 Swan Street in 2013 Dry ice cleaning and the finished result I twas over fifty years ago thatBrianDay first became aware of the old timber- framed house in the village of SibleHedingham,Essex.His experience of passing the building every day on theway to school and wonderingwhy it had been left to deteriorate sparked an interest in architecture that even inspired him to take aGCE inHistory of Architecture.HereBrian tells us how his childhood interest became his grown-up labour of love. LH108(107)-BrianDay.indd 2 18/08/2016 09:32 49 Swan Street an old postcard from about 1920 Whatwas then clearwas the cost of purchase, added to the potential refurbishment, far outweighed the finished value.Fortunately, the garden areawas large enough to consider additional development,but the initial response from the plannerswas not favourable.Historic building officers do not like development in the curtilage of listed buildings.49 Swan Street was listedmany years ago and carries aGrade II listing. I had to sell the project to all stakeholders: the local district planners, the parish council, the villagers and the historic building officer. I engaged the services of architectsAndrew StevensonAssociates ofGreatDunmow. Andy Stevenson has extensive knowledge and relevant experience and he put together a scheme that included building two detached houses in the grounds thatwere sympathetic to the listed building.We engaged the services ofmany experts to support the design and access statement.This included highways, ecological,bat and owl, topographical, conservation and contamination surveys. I had an initialmeetingwith the local parish council and they gave it their overwhelming support.An open day for villagers to see the building in its raw state raised over £600 that was donated to a local club for the elderly. Negotiationswith the historic buildings officerwere protracted andmorework was needed to gain the support needed to convince the planners at BraintreeDistrict Council to give the application approval and listed building consent. Itwas clear thatwithout the additional two new build properties, thewhole projectwas unviable, and thiswas recognised by the planners.We all had one thing in common:we allwanted to see this building saved. Itwas on the point of being put on the Buildings atRiskRegister. Thewhole process took over a year,but in 2015wewere delighted to gain planning Left: Over10km of oak lathwas used Right: New oak timber to replace the rot Continued>> I joined theLPOC and read asmuch as I could on the refurbishment of medieval buildings. LH108(107)-BrianDay.indd 3 18/08/2016 09:32 ListedHeritageMagazineSeptember/October 2016 65 ListedHeritageMagazineSeptember/October 2016 64 dol is au P c lar . c t u a ISSUE 108 SEPT/OCT 2016 THE LISTED PROPERTYOWNERS CLUBMAGAZINE HERITAGE LISTED DOORS & WINDOWS HEATING INSULATION DAMP & DRY ROT STAINED GLASS