Garsdale Design Limited

Welcome to Garsdale Design Limited

Garsdale Design Ltd is an architectural and planning consultancy which provides design skills and experience to clients for both local and international projects. Locally we cover Cumbria, the Yorkshire Dales and North West England. Our principals have over 30 year's professional experience since qualification and have both worked extensively in the UK and the countries of the Arabian Gulf. Currently we are working on architectural, masterplanning and urban design projects in Oman and Iraq.

SLDC: Sedbergh Townscape Initiative

Wednesday, 08 September 2010 08:58 |

Written by Elliot Hartley |

Good news for Sedbergh as a Townscape Initiative funded by South Lakeland District Council and various other bodies is started. Urban Practitioners* has been appointed as the Consultant.

"SEDBERGH Townscape Initiative has taken a big step with the appointment of a consultancy practice to drive the project forward. SLDC has been supporting Sedbergh Parish Council in the project, which aims to transform the historic market town with environmental improvements."

Further details can be read here*

For more information about the consultants appointed you can visit their website: Urban Practitioners*

*[external link]

Website Review: Castle Facts

Monday, 16 August 2010 00:00 |

Written by Michelle Hartley |

New Website Review: The Castle Facts site * is "a searchable database of over 5,000 masonry and timber castles, siege works, palaces, fortified manor houses, tower houses, pele towers and bastles, artillery forts, chain and boom towers, fortified churches and monasteries, dykes and ditches, and town walls and defences all of which are located in England, Wales, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man."

Click here to read more or you can find it in our Website Reviews section (under Resources)

*[external link]

Website Review: Parks and Gardens UK

Friday, 27 August 2010 00:00 |

Written by Michelle Hartley |

New Website Review: "The Parks and Gardens UK project has been running for 30 years gathering and publishing information on historic parks, gardens and designed green spaces in the UK. However, the site is not just a database of parks and gardens but a web resource for various types of information regarding historic designed landscapes."

Click here to read more or you can find it in our Website Reviews section (under Resources)

*[external link]

Heritage Open Days: 9-12 September

Monday, 09 August 2010 14:17 |

Written by Michelle Hartley |

Heritage Open Days is a great way of seeing inside some of England's interesting places, for free!

Heritage Open Days 2010 will run from 9-12 September

"Heritage Open Days celebrates England’s fantastic architecture and culture by offering free access to properties that are usually closed to the public or normally charge for admission. Every year on four days in September, buildings of every age, style and function throw open their doors, ranging from castles to factories, town halls to tithe barns, parish churches to Buddhist temples. It is a once-a-year chance to discover hidden architectural treasures and enjoy a wide range of tours, events and activities which bring to life local history and culture."

For more details in your area click here: http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/ *

For properties and events in Cumbria click here: http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/county/Cumbria *

*[external link]

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