Nuven Heritage

By nature, historic and period buildings carry with them complexity and need specialist care and professional consideration.

They are often listed Grade I, II or II*, situated within protected landscapes or conservation areas, constructed using traditional methods and altered over centuries. Their behaviour cannot be assessed through modern assumptions. Their defects cannot be assumed by means of standardised outcomes.

Moisture movement, timber performance, structural settlement, historic alteration and inappropriate repair all demand careful evaluation. In these contexts, advice must be proportionate, evidence-led and technically defensible.

Nuven Heritage exists to provide precisely that.

We allocate time deliberately. Inspection is thorough. Research is undertaken where necessary. Interpretation is measured.

Our work is centred on:

Nuven Heritage also provides conservation-led architectural services across all RIBA stages, ensuring continuity from initial appraisal through to delivery.

Nuven Heritage is led by Jason Le Mare, Accredited RIBA Specialist Conservation Architect and Building Surveyor.

Jason's professional background spans private architectural practice, ecclesiastical projects and senior building surveying responsibility across complex historic estates. His work has involved defect diagnosis, cyclical maintenance strategy, conservation-led repair programmes and risk reporting across nationally significant assets.

He is supported by James Forward, MCIAT Chartered Architectural Technologist, together with Nuven's RICS surveyors and RICS-registered valuers. This integrated structure enables advice that reflects architectural sensitivity, surveying rigour and valuation awareness within a single professional framework.

Our clients typically require discretion, clarity and technical authority. Many relationships extend beyond a single instruction into long-term advisory roles.

Nuven Surveyors is regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Our heritage work operates within this regulated structure, providing assurance as to standards, ethics and accountability.

In the context of significant buildings, responsibility is fundamental. Advice must be capable of standing scrutiny from planners, conservation officers, trustees and future custodians alike.