Roman Town House
John Stark and Crickmay Partnership were appointed to design a new cover building to protect and conserve the remains of the Roman Town House, which is a scheduled monument. The solution is a lightweight glazed steel structure built off the surviving flint walls. This is intended to give some idea of the massing of the original buildings, whilst at the same time allowing unrestricted visual access to the mosaic floors and hypocaust. The steel frame supports a green oak roof structure which is finished in hand dressed Purbeck stone slates matching examples found on site when the remains were first discovered in the 1930’s. The project won the Dorset Archaeological award in 2000 and the practice has recently been re-appointed to undertake additional works to improve accessibility of the site.