CGA are proud to announce that the recently completed conservation of the David Parr House in Cambridge has been awarded the 2019 Cambridge Design & Construction Award for Best Conservation, Alteration and Extension (under £2 million construction costs).

The David Parr House is a rare survival of a C19 painted domestic interior. It was the home of David Parr, an artisan painter from 1886-1927. The interiors reflect the work that Parr was carrying out for a local firm with important commissions all over Britain.

Cowper Griffith Architects were appointed to secure a change of use and to prepare a scheme of repairs following a Conservation Management Plan by John Maddison Ph.D, FSA. Work to the interiors has involved the careful removal of friable plaster and its replacement with new lime plaster, together with the painstaking repair of joinery, architraves and decorative finishes.

The house opened its doors to visitors in May 2019 & visits/tours can be booked online at davidparrhouse.org

More project information and photographs can be found within the project page on our website.