NICK COX ARCHITECTS

Nick Cox Architects was established in 2006 and is based in north Oxfordshire. The practice also has offices in London and Frome, Somerset. The practice specialises in the repair and conservation of historic buildings and the design of new buildings in historic contexts.

Projects - Scheduled Monument

Magdalen Tower, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes

Listing status: Grade II*, Scheduled Monument

Scope of works: Masonry Repairs, Re-roofing

Client: Milton Keynes Council

Magdalen Tower is all that remains of the 13th Century church that was destroyed by fire in the late 18th Century. NCA were appointed to put together the tender package for masonry repairs and re-roofing of the Scheduled Monument. NCA then acted as Contract Administrator throughout construction works.

The site is surrounded by a graveyard, also included within the Scheduled Monument listing, and in close proximity of residential units and the busy High Street of Stony Stratford. Vehicular access was limited and the works had to be carefully managed with the various constraints and protection of the historic fabric in mind.

The stone repairs had to be finely judged in view of the very fragile condition of the stone. The parapets were in very poor condition requiring partial dismantling and rebuilding. The roof had failed completely and was repaired and provided with a new lead covering.

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