Illman Young

Historic Landscape Conservation

New design in the context of an historic setting is an exciting challenge, allowing both modern and traditional design motifs to be used. Integrating new design having understood the history of the site is an important starting point. New design and stylistic approaches are seen as important new additions to a landscape, providing they are appropriately located and not in conflict with the prime setting of the historic site.

Quality in materials is usually essential, to ensure that we are building gardens and landscapes worthy of their setting. Similarly, a close attention to design detailing, often utilising traditional methods in a modern context, allows new and old to sit comfortably together and provide another era in the history of the site.

Illman Young are specialists in the design and detailing of hard landscape works in particular, and enjoy the challenge that the juxtaposition of old and new brings.