Further education clients of Metcalfe Briggs Surveyors were having heavy equipment delivered to their premises when a 40 ton crane reversed into their theatre teaching building.

The roofs of this Grade II* listed mansion were of very high specification but the leadwork had reached the end of its useful life and had been patched numerous times. The future of the building was uncertain so Metcalfe Briggs Surveyors produced a minimum expenditure maintenance.