Nigel is a leading specialist in the conservation and alteration of historic buildings. Over a thirty-year career, he has helped to secure the future of some of the country’s finest historic monuments. He combines this expertise with a particular interest in the design of new structures within historic contexts.
Nigel has worked extensively in the ecclesiastical and cultural sectors. He serves on the Norwich Diocesan Advisory Committee and has been responsible for repairs and alterations to many great medieval churches. He is also an expert in the care of museum and gallery buildings, where his particular specialism is the introduction of up-to-date services, such as air conditioning, into fragile historic environments.
For over eight years, Nigel was the Project Architect for the refurbishment of many of the National Gallery’s principal rooms. He was also responsible for major improvements to the Courtauld Institute of Art Galleries at London’s Somerset House.
While Nigel gets great satisfaction from the careful thought and application that goes into the repair of historic buildings, he is an advocate for a wider focus, and he particularly relishes the challenge of imaginatively adapting old buildings for new uses. At the Time & Tide Museum in Great Yarmouth, he has created a fascinating new persona for a redundant herring curing factory.
‘I enjoy nothing better than researching and understanding the material evidence of the past. My interest in archaeology gives me the skills to unpick the structure of historic buildings.’