Old Brick Outbuilding - can it be saved?

[Tetrarch]

Hi all,

My 1917 house came with two 15' x 8' outbuildings sharing a common end wall. Thus I had a 30' x 8' structure (which was great for 1948 footprint calculations).

One half had an asbestos cement roof and was collapsing after suffering from a laburnam tree that had got too big and was too close. This building is now demolished and the (now quadruple-wrapped) asbestos cement is awaiting a trip to the Council Recycling centre.

The other half has a collapsing corrugated rust overlaid-with-roofing-felt roof, a nice flat-looking floor and some of the walls look quite solid. But some of them very much do NOT



Is this salvageable? I am not sufficiently skilled to do this myself, but is this something that a brickie would do and how much am I likely to pay? Down the road I intend have the outside rendered to match the main house, so I am not concerned about the aesthetics.

Regards

Tet

 

[securespark]

From what I can see, I would be tempted to demolish and rebuild, incorporating the space into the ground floor if possible.

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Probably salvageable, except the bit over the window.
But depending on its intended use, you might as well demolish and rebuild.
If you're intent on rendering, rebuild it in block.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

I don't envisage National Heritage banging on your door any time soon wanting to list it. Looks like it may actually be listing.

 

[HERTS P&D]

In a word..........................NO!

Andy

 

[Notch7]

I think the cost could be higher to refurbish rather than rebuild.

It's single skin with probably no DPM or DPC....so damp would be difficult to solve.

A new structure could be blockwork or timber frame, both can be rendered.

Im not sure on planning or building regs without more info.