Consultancy
Our highly prized heritage team with extensive local authority experience are here to support you in reaching well-informed cost-effective decisions, guiding you through the planning process to avoid unnecessary heritage and archaeological commitments.
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Desk Based Assessment
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Heritage Impact Assessment
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Heritage Statement
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Historic Building Recording
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Environmental Impact Assessment
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ICOMOS Reports
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Setting Study
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Conservation statement
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Local Planning Authority/county archaeologist client liaison
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Local Planning Authority/county archaeologist client negotiation
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Walkover survey
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Written Schemes of Investigation
PROJECTS
Cresswell Pele Tower
Pele towers are miniature castles peculiar to Northumberland, Cumbria and the Scottish Borders. They were built in response to raids by the Border Reivers. Cresswell Tower, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, is a grade II listed building which was on Historic England’s ‘Heritage at Risk’ Register prior to our work to raise funds for it and restore it.
It was a relatively well preserved but roofless structure and is the only surviving structure of the Medieval seat of the Cresswell family. In the mid 18th century it became part of a mansion house. This house itself was demolished in the 19th century and by the late 1960s the tower was derelict.The tower has been the focal point of the village for over 500 years, but it is inaccessible in its current state. The wish of the local community was for it to be restored and made accessible so that it can become a valued and appreciated heritage asset for current and future generations.
The change in the local economy since the restoration has been remarkable.
Killerby Quarry
We have been providing archaeological services for Tarmac’s Killerby sand and gravel quarry site since 2008. The total area of the site is approximately 213 hectares. A wide range of archaeological techniques have been employed to date beginning with desk-based research from our Consultancy division, to record remains of ancient hunter-gatherer and early farming groups.
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Wallington Estate
In early 2023, Archaeological Research Services Ltd undertook a Historic Buildings and Structures Assessment Survey for the National Trust, on fifteen farmsteads on the Wallington estate, Northumberland.
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A total of 227 buildings were surveyed for this project, with the aim to enhance our understanding of these important heritage assets, and with the survey works uploaded to the National Trust’s Historic Buildings, Sites and Monuments Record (HBSMR).
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The site of the present Wallington Hall is thought to have originated as a Norman moorland castle and has had a rich history since – passing from one family dynasty to another over several hundred years
