Robin Nugent Architects

The Carthusian Order of Monks was founded in the eleventh century and is world-wide. It has only one house in Britain remaining, St Hugh’s in West Sussex, a complex of buildings spread across more than ten acres housing a community of hermitic monks.

Listed Grade II*, the Monastery was built in 1873 in the Neo-Romanesque style/French Gothic style. The cloister is the longest room on Earth. The vast complex of buildings has a heavy maintenance programme for which RNA have worked closely with the clients to maintain and safeguard the estate.

Recently, any array of solar panels has been installed within the field to provide the monastery with renewable energy on site. RNA obtained Planning and Listed Building Consent for the Works, and have overseen the project to completion.