Following on from the success of the two previous phases, this latest development includes the ambitious conversion and extension of historic buildings at the south side of the complex, to create approximately 11,500ft² of workspace. The scheme for the Grade II* Listed “Building H” includes extensions to increase its floor area by 50%, with the proposed Pavilion co-working space providing a key communal facility for Longlands.

Hill Farm Barn is a former cattle yard which has been converted into contemporary open-fronted offices which overlook the entrance court.

Julings Barn is the new office for Holkham National Nature Reserve. The new first floor office was inserted into the former storage building. New windows and roof glazing provide unrivalled views across the Nature Reserve.

The Ancient House is a grade II listed building located on the Holkham Estate in North Norfolk. Lucas Hickman Smith Architects are proud to be working on this building in collaboration with the Holkham Estate Management Team. More information will be added about this project in due course.

See the Holkham blog here: http://ancienthouseredevelopment.blogspot.co.uk/

https://www.holkham.co.uk/stay-eat/the-victoria-inn/ancient-house

The Longlands complex was largely developed in the 1850s as a base for the building trades which supported the activities of the Holkham Estate. It contained the forge, carpentry shop, paint store, glass and joinery workshops and other general storage. The forge and joinery workshop are still in use, but much of the complex has been under-utilised for many years. It has now been given a new lease of life as a business centre providing office space for the Estate management team and self-contained business units for other commercial tenants.

The buildings have been re-roofed, and the open sided cart sheds glazed in with high-performance double-glazed aluminium windows. High levels of insulation have been added in the new roof and floor construction, and to the inside face of the solid brick external walls. Timber roof trusses and internal brick walls have been left exposed. New power, lighting and data systems have been installed, and the whole complex is heated by a ground-source heat pump. Its ground-loop extends 12,000m² under the adjacent field – the size of one and a half football pitches!

The project was undertaken in two phases providing a total of 2,385m2 of office space and was completed in early 2016.

Holkham Studios won the British Council for Offices Regional Award (Midlands and East Anglia) for the Refurbished / Recycled Workspace category.

These include a glue laminated timber frame, high levels of cellulose fibre insulation, timber cladding, timber joinery and fittings and organic paints and stains. Panels of render define the entrances and a continuous strip of windows gives flexibility in positioning of internal partitions. The units are designed to be flexible and allow for easy sub-division accommodating both small and medium size businesses. Heat is provided by a district system that is connected to the local EcoTech centre. A generous eaves overhang which expresses the structural frame provides solar shading to the first floor offices.

The layout of the units is unusual in that they are dual aspect with the main entrance and visitor parking at the front and vehicle access and goods deliveries to the rear. This increases the flexibility of the units by allowing office and warehouse/light industrial functions to operate separately within the same building.