The Shoemakers Museum Gets Ready for Opening Day
Opening in September 2025, the new Shoemakers Museum will display the heritage collections of C & J Clark, held by the Alfred Gillett Trust, to celebrate 200 years of the renowned shoemakers' history.
Working closely with Purcell Architects, we developed the design for a solid timber superstructure to add space to the Grade II Listed Manor House. The works in and around the Manor involved the introduction of a new café, toilets and kitchens, along with new structural openings and floor strengthening. A focus on sustainability and low impact construction informed the entire scheme; this involved the re-use of existing basement foundations.
We also provided SUDs drainage solutions with significant hydraulic modelling and design work to fix and improve the existing drainage network.
