Drop-dead Georgian

ON Thursday last week, the winners of the Georgian Group’s 2016 Architectural Awards were announced at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London W1.

Six awards were given—four were for restoration: of a country house, Combermere Abbey, Cheshire; in the public realm, Sheffield Nonconformist Chapel; of a structure in the landscape, Wimpole Gothic Tower, Cambridgeshire; and of a Georgian interior, Crichel house, Dorset. The Brown Tercentenary Award went to Compton Verney, Warwickshire, and the accolade for a new building in the Classical tradition to a chapel on a Berkshire estate.

A special commendation was also given to the owner of 27, Northgate in Oakham, Rutland, for his singlehanded modernisation of the Grade Ii-listed, 19th-century house.

‘The appeal of Georgian architecture remains alight,’ enthuses architect Pere-