Places of Worship

All Saint’s Church in Fleet, Hampshire was originally built 1861 and is one of the most architecturally impressive buildings area. It sadly suffered an arson attack 2015 which destroyed the timber roof structure. At the time, AWA were appointed to undertake a report on the severity of the damage, and to give their view on what could be reused and what needed to be replaced. AWA found the brick structure was largely unharmed, but all the timber and structural elements were damaged beyond repair. The initial project was focused on the re-roofing of the church, but over time evolved to be the full restoration of the church, which was finally handed back to the congregation in April 2023.

Adaption of the mediaeval Undercroft at Worcester Cathedral into a new education centre. New stair and lift access were provided by removing a modern brick vault which replaced the earlier collapsed section of mediaeval vault. The floor level was carefully reduced by removing later added concrete and replaced with a lime-crete floor. New foundations comprised shallow raft foundations to avoid disturbing the archaeology. Vaulting was repaired and stabilised as necessary.

The practice has recently been appointed for this significant HLF funded project to improve the facilities at the Cathedral.

The project involves re-landscaping the south side of the Cathedral, new lobby, shop, visitor facilities, lift and masonry repairs to the east end.

Andrew Waring was appointed Consulting Engineer in 1992 for all projects at the Cathedral. Work has included the whole Major Repair Programme for the fabric, encompassing tower, spire, west front, and all roof structures. New projects have included the Plumbery Restaurant and Shop and more recently Little Paradise, the new toilet and storage facilities; both winners of Salisbury Civic Society Awards.

Awards: RIBA South-West 2014 – Finalist