The Cookham Society Design Award is an annual design prize for whole buildings, extensions or landscaping projects.  The Award is given to projects which enhance the visual environment and are in keeping with the Cookham Village Design Statement. Winners receive a certificate and a unique blue ceramic plaque.

 

At this year’s AGM, we were delighted to announce our 2025 Design Award to the Gantry House in School Lane, Cookham. The property once formed part of the group of maltings and other buildings, which comprised the brewery complex occupying a large part of the area behind the High Street. As such, it was an important part of the village’s commercial life in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The building is characterized by the unusual loft and hoist by which the sacks of barley were raised up, before the grain was discharged onto the malting floors. The present owners undertook a substantial refurbishment of the property, which included the conversion of its attic and the stabilization of the gantry and its incorporation into bedroom space. This was a major project that will help extend the life of a building which is an important part of Cookham’s visual and community heritage.​​​​​​

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