We are pleased to announce that the David Parr House Project has won the Heritage Award as a part of the 2020 RICS Social Impact Awards. This year’s award ceremony took place virtually and can be viewed at
The win follows the project’s recent award for 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. Main contractor role was undertaken by F.A Valiants & Sons
Further information on the project can be viewed within our website https://www.cowpergriffith.co.uk/conservation#/david-parr-house/
Photographs by Matthew Smith Architectural Photography
