Asbestos surveys for Chatsworth
Chatsworth House is one of Britain’s best loved historic houses and
estates. The home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire is set in the
magnificent landscape of Derbyshire’s Peak District National Park.
The original house dates back to the 16th Century, but the current house is a
little younger. It has undergone many changes over the years which included,
during the 20th Century, heating and other building repairs and changes which
potentially introduced asbestos containing materials.
Crossways has been responsible for a full asbestos survey of this world
famous house and its estate.
Crossways surveyed the whole of the buildings for the presence of presence of
asbestos based materials. Our surveyor investigated all areas, including
gaining access above the suspended ceilings to view the ceiling voids and
also investigating the presence of redundant suspended ceilings within those
ceiling voids. He identified the type of ceiling tiles in each area. He
investigated the nature and condition of existing pipework insulation and the
nature of boarded materials. Crossways provided Chatsworth with a detailed
report and recommendations including an asbestos register to assist with
ongoing asbestos management.
So what was included ?
All rooms,
corridors and basements in the main house were detailed in the survey.
This included the world famous Mary Queen of Scots bedroom, the Wellington,
the Green and Satin, Sabine and Chintz bedrooms. Other famous rooms included
the State Dining, Drawing and Music rooms and the State Bedrooms.
In addition, all the less famous bedrooms, bathrooms, dining rooms, the shop,
first aid, plant, boiler and calorifier rooms, stores, workshops, rest rooms,
the roof and roof voids, various staircases, lift lobbies, lift motor room,
servants rooms, laundry, corridors, kitchens, offices, toilets, book store,
wine cellar, flower room, gun store …. – in fact all kinds of
room you would expect to find in a country house of this stature were
included.
The Estate includes many separate buildings which were all part of the
survey. Carriages Restaurant, Jean-Pierre’s Bar, the Stable Block,
Farmyard / Playground, Hunting Tower, Cafeteria, Bandstand, Turbine Room and
Cascade House were some of the many such locations as well as the various
greenhouses, sheds etc. which are listed in the survey report.
All survey work was carried out whilst the house and gardens were closed to
visitors.
Summary
This demonstrates the wide range of experience and capability inherent
within the Crossways Environmental team. Chatsworth is one of the
country’s leading attractions with amongst the highest visitor figures,
in addition to being a working and family house.
It was of great importance to the Estate that it should fully understand the
presence of any Asbestos Containing Materials and any risk attached to them.
Crossways was delighted to be able to give the Estate Office a full
understanding of such risk and enable them to take any appropriate action.
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