Planning
Application Submitted for Castle Mona Roof Repairs
Tevir bought the building at auction for £1.21m in May 2018, over a decade after it closed
The Tevir Group has submitted plans for the Castle Mona, but they don’t take us any closer to knowing what the company will do with the historic building in the long term.
Tevir bought the building at auction for £1.21m in May 2018, over a decade after it closed. This latest application follows previously approved plans to repair the building in 2020.
Since it took ownership of the landmark former mansion house, Tevir has removed the outer wings and carried out significant work to make the building water tight and prevent any further damage than has already occurred.
The planning application submitted is for registered building consent for the replacement of lead parapet gutters on south west and north east wings with reinforced liquid membrane system, as well as the replacement of existing concrete roof tiles with new concrete roof tiles.
It says: ‘Castle Mona has had roofing works undertaken in the past. These included replacing the roof finish with a concrete roof tile and subsequent repairs to the lead flashings, generally in fibreglass.
‘The building has been poorly maintained since its closure as a hotel in 2006 resulting in progressive decay mainly caused by water ingress from the roof.’
It adds: ‘These repairs were attended to again in 2019 but it is clear that further work is required to stop water ingress and protect the building fabric and historic detailing, particularly at the wall and roof junctions, the parapet and associated box gutters along the courtyard elevations.’
Tevir outlines that in the building’s history there have been ‘repairs of varying standards of quality’ and while the original design to the building has made matters even more difficult.
While this application doesn’t give any indication to the future of the building, it does show just what a task Tevir took on when it bought the Castle Mona.
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