When our client decided to swap London for a country home, friendship gave her a very good reason to Skenfrith. The Old Shop had already caught her imagination, despite being virtually derelict and requiring considerably more work than a straightforward move might normally involve. She could see beyond its dilapidated condition and had fallen in […]
Some buildings ask politely for a second chance, the Watershed arrived with water around its ankles and challenged us to do something useful with it. For Week 18 of our 40 Projects in 40 Weeks series, we are deep diving into The Watershed, a Hereford heritage conversion that transformed an old, dilapidated single-storey riverside warehouse […]
It has been known as Aula Superior, Over Court, Over Hall and finally Upper Hall. And, frankly, if a building has had that many names, you know it has lore. For Week 15 of our 40 Projects in 40 Weeks series, we are revisiting the Upper Hall Ledbury heritage conversion, a substantial Grade II listed […]
As part of our 40 projects for 40 years series, this week’s project looks at one of the more complex parts of architecture… the parts most people never see. This is Week 9 of our 40 projects celebrating 40 years of RRA Architects. At first glance, converting a large listed building into apartments can sound […]
RRA was recently invited to explore one of Gloucester’s hidden historic treasures, the Eastgate Chamber, as part of a Constructing Excellence Gloucestershire tour hosted by the Museum of Gloucester. RRA’s Group Operations Director, Jane Cooke, and Project Designer, Rhys Bennett, were given an opportunity to view the subterranean remains of Roman and medieval Gloucester, including […]
