Conservation of Emmet Place, Cork City
Conservation of Blarney Castle, Co. Cork
Conservation of St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork City
Restoration of Cong Bridge, Co. Mayo
Conservation of 12 Merrion Square, Dublin
Conservation of Birr Castle, Co Offaly
Southgate Associates is one of Ireland’s longest established specialist heritage conservation practices. Our award-winning, multi-disciplinary practice has 30 years of experience in advising historic building owners, architects, engineers and developers on the conservation and adaptation of heritage buildings and landscapes to international best practice standard.
Southgate Associates were appointed Conservation Engineer/Project Manager by the OPW on a 2 year, 5.4 million euro multi-phase conservation project at Elizabeth Fort in Cork City Centre. The project involved the sensitive conservation of the 17th Century Star Fort. The Fort had become a dangerous…
Southgate Associates specialise in delivering cutting-edge conservation and design solutions for the ‘adaptive reuse’ of historic buildings and heritage landscapes for new sustainable purposes. Our built heritage represents our inheritance from the past, but to maintain that memory on the landscape…
In the 1990s, Southgate Associates acted as conservation consultants on two of the largest heritage-led urban regeneration programmes ever run by the Irish State, which attempted to transform two areas of very significant historical importance. The first of these action plans took place in…
One of the most important and largest conservation projects ever undertaken by the Irish State was the restoration and refurbishment of Farmleigh House, an official state guest house. Southgate Associates took a major role in the supervision of the best practice conservation works.
Southgate Associates delivered the planning permission for the conservation and redevelopment of an historic dock in Dublin Port, which will allow extremely large cruise ships to dock in Dublin, thereby bringing a significant tourism boost to the city.
Southgate Associates delivered the design, planning consents and project management of a Regency Gothic styled extension and alterations to the East Wing of Birr Castle, to accommodate Lord and Lady Rosse in their retirement.
Southgate Associates carry out conservation works to individual buildings as part of programmes of State-Funded Regeneration, or more generally for buildings which have fallen into dereliction and disrepair.
Southgate Associates have project managed the ongoing conservation work at St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral since 2003, and it is a very good example of the long-term services that we offer to large churches and cathedrals around the country.
Southgate Associates have been the conservation consultants to Blarney Castle since 2009, and have been responsible for a large-scale, multi-million euro programme of conservation works to the iconic castle itself and many associated structures in the Blarney Castle Estate.
