Charles Brooking is the country's leading authority on the development of the window and door and associated joinery, and he can be called in to advise on restoration and replacement of historic detail previously lost.

Charles can provide advice on major projects, or simply write a report to satisfy planning requirements by, for example, confirming dates and provenance where these have been disputed. He can also help professionals or home-owners resource materials to restore features unsympathetically repaired or replaced in the past.

Over the last five decades, Charles has also established ‘The Brooking Collection’ which is Britain's only comprehensive collection of architectural detail originating from buildings, domestic and commercial, ranging from castles and palaces or the grandest country house to the smallest artisan cottage. The Brooking Collection covers features extracted from buildings dating back five hundred years and some taken from 1960 icons. To visit the collection please refer to the website.

For the professional

Conservation officers frequently consult Charles Brooking to answer intriguing questions about the history of an item of architectural detail that has cropped up in their locality. He is also brought in when listing a building is under consideration, to give his advice and find proof where only theories once stood.

Architects and developers call upon Charles’s services when alterations and refurbishment of period properties are planned. Charles dates historic windows highlighting the elements that need to be restored. Whatever the size of your project, Charles can be invited to go on site visits to make observations or produce a specific report to support his statements. He has in the past prepared reports necessary for gaining permission to make alterations e.g. where previous unsympathetic restoration has already destroyed the integrity of the building’s original period details.

For the enthusiastic home owner

Invite Charles Brooking into your home and no end of information emerges from its very fabric! Even if the building does not need repair, owners sometimes hire him to prepare a report highlighting architectural features and surviving joinery that can be added to a Listed Building Report for the future.

Charles Brooking’s expertise encompasses a wide variety of details, majoring on the internal woodwork, e.g. staircases, doors, windows, architraves and mouldings, and ironwork such as metal windows, fire frames and grates, metal balusters, boot scrapers and rainwater heads.

Consultancy fees are available on request.


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Address: . . Surrey . View Map: Click here to view a map of this location. Tel: 01483 274203 Website: http://www.thebrookingcollection.com E-mail: charlesbrooking33 AT gmail.com Established: 1986 Employees: 1 Job Value: £120 - £10,000 Proficiency: Pre 1919, Grade II, Grade II*, Grade I Register Listings: Architectural Historians Heritage Consultants Historical Researchers House Historians Woodwork Consultants VAT Registered? No Brochure Available? Yes Viewed: 1014 time(s)