J Brennan Associates provides a diverse range of surveying services to a spectrum of clients. Using our surveying specialism, we have built trust with our clients from a variety of sectors.

Our experienced and friendly team will supply the information your projects demand.

Producing a record of a site and assessing its significance – and ability to adapt to proposed changes. This information can be utilised by the project architects and owners as a basis for the written record of the structure.

The drawings, photography and data form an accurate snapshot in time of the building. These documents are often a requirement when submitting applications for planning permission and listed building consent.

Surveying skills include topographic, measured building and ecology surveys to utility mapping, concrete scanning and 3D laser scanning and drone surveys amongst many surveying services that are available. We deliver on time, on budget and exceeding our clients’ expectations.

We work throughout the UK with owners, estates, architects, designers and project managers to carry out surveys of residential, retail and commercial premises often while they remain open.

We recognise that carrying out survey work on your home, shop or office could be inconvenient. We pride ourselves on being flexible, polite, discrete, confidential and conscious of our surroundings.

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Prior to their conservation and repair, we were asked by the National Trust at Cliveden to produce detailed drawings of this outstanding example of 19th century ironwork. They were moved to their present location after 1901 by William Waldorf Astor. By 2016 they were suffering from stonework and iron decay.

After laser scanning and photographing both sides of the structure we spent weeks producing highly detailed drawings of the stone and ironwork. These were used as a record but also throughout the conservation and reinstallation of the gates.

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A Church of England Parish Church at the heart of London’s Aldwych District. An architectural gem that was one of a scheme of fifty churches built following the great fire of London

A fine and beautiful example of baroque design by James Gibbs, an architect of high technical competence and originality, with knowledge of ancient, Renaissance and contemporary European architecture..

James Brennan Associates provided precision Floorplans and Elevations. Rectified photography was also carried out of the beautiful ornate Ceiling, to aid in the restoration and development of the church in its landmark setting in the middle of the Strand. We went so far as to scale the roof of the nearby buildings to provide some great shots of the Church in an area constrained by the restrictions of the CAA (where drone work may not be possible).

All work was carried out calmly and discretely during the busy working environment of a peaceful place of worship.

Jaywick Martello Tower was built on the beautiful Jaywick Sands at Clacton-on-sea to defend the country from attack by Napoleon Bonaparte and his armies in 1809. It is one of twenty-nine defences built on the east coast of England. Splendidly located there are views across the sea from the roof. The Tower is now an arts and heritage space which hosts exhibitions and regularly open to the public.

In 2019, the tower hosted a meeting to discuss actions following Historic England reporting that several Martello Towers along this stretch of coast are in need of serious repairs. JBA carried out a measured survey providing floor plans, elevations and orthographic photography

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Buttress Architects commissioned us to undertake a detailed survey of the West Front of this world famous cathedral before the scaffolding went up and work commenced on the repair and conservation of this early part of the structure. This is part of the exciting Lincoln Cathedral Connected project. This is a multi-million pound transformational project. It will see extensive conservation to the existing fabric, a new visitors centre, larger café and interpretation centre.

As part of this work, we were asked to produce orthophotographic elevations of the Romanesque and later West Front. These were compiled after taking 1000s of high-resolution images from the ground and using a camera mast and highly detailed laser scanning.

The laser scanning internally and externally was also utilised during the scaffolding design so the temporary structure could thread its way through the stonework providing bracing.

The orthophotographic work completed of the elevations will allow repairs and replacement stonework to be clearly marked up and distributed to the project team and stone masons.

We returned once the scaffolding was up to produce close range high accuracy 3D mesh colour rendered models of the Romanesque Frieze panels. These have been covered for many years. The 3D models have been reproduced at 1:1 scan by CNC to aid copies to be carved and for the conservation and cleaning of the originals.

A listed Grade II building it was built around 1800. It is a fine example of an early Regency country house set on the outskirts of a small village.

Its 30-acre estate remains intact with a lodge, coach house, walled garden, English landscape park, woodland garden.

Currently owned by the landmark trust who sensitively restore historic buildings, we were commissioned to sensitively survey the estate and provide them with precise floorplans, Sections, Elevations, Topography, and underground tracing. These 2D drawings provided would be used for …..restoration purposes.

We were asked in 2016 to carry out a Level 4 Record of the impressive Stables at Belton House in Lincolnshire by the National Trust. This was as part of the conservation and redevelopment of this part of the site into a new restaurant, offices and meeting spaces. The upper floors of the building had not been used since the 1980’s. After laser scanning the whole structure internally and externally, detailed floorplans, sections and elevational elevations were drawn. We also produced external rectified photography and medium format record images.

This information was utilised by the project architects and the National Trust as a basis for the written record of the structure.

The drawings and record photography formed an accurate snapshot in time of the building.

They were also vital to the building historian who produced a room by room gazetteer and detailed analysis of the building, including a statement of significance. This informed the choices made to enable the exciting reuse of the building, bringing the unused areas back into service while protecting and enhancing significant aspects of the historic structure.