Restoration of a Historic Interior - Joint Winners - Haddon Hall & St John the Baptist Church, Dronfield
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DHBT Architecture Awards 2025
Restoration of a Historic Interior
Joint Winners
Two exceptionally crafted projects share this year’s award for Restoration of a Historic Interior, each demonstrating great skill, sensitivity and commitment to safeguarding Derbyshire’s most significant historic spaces.
Haddon Hall – The Long Gallery
Nick Cox Architects
Client - Lord and Lady Edward Manners
The Long Gallery at Haddon Hall has undergone a meticulous and highly complex restoration.
The project centred on the failing bay window - dismantled, repaired and rebuilt stone by stone - to protect the survival of the room’s rare 17th-century plaster ceiling, oak panelling and etched glass.
Judges praised the scheme for its precision, noting the exemplary collaboration between architect, stonemason and plasterer in conserving one of England’s finest historic interiors.
St John the Baptist Church, Dronfield – Chancel & Stained Glass
Crooks Architecture Ltd
Client - Rev. Lee Townend, Dronfield Team Ministry
In Dronfield, the Chancel of the Grade I listed church has been revitalised through the conservation of its fragile medieval stained glass, some dating as far back as the 14th century.
The historic glass was carefully removed, conserved and reinstated within newly designed protective glazing, alongside essential stone repairs carried out using traditional lime mortars.
Judges commended the project for its craftsmanship, innovation and attention to detail.
Two very worthy winners!
(Photo shows Nick Cox accepting the Haddon Hall Award and Sgt Rosie Gill, from the Glossop section of the Derbyshire Volunteer Police Cadets (the current High Sheriff’s Cadet for Sir Richard FitzHerbert (2025/26) - also pictured - accepting the Dronfield Award on behalf of Crooks Architecture.)
