Charles Brooking

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Charles Brooking

Charles Brooking has been collecting windows, doors and staircases and all other sorts of architectural details almost since birth. We are so pleased that someone has taken the time and effort to save such architectural detail, and when we say save we do mean save, as all his collection is built up of things that otherwise have disappeared in demolitions, refurbishments and other improvements to buildings (we would put improvements to buildings in inverted commas but we never like the way it looks). All of this is displayed through the Charles Brooking Collection.

 

 

Just a handful of some of the items from Charles Brookings amazing collection

 

 

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We have known Charles Brooking for many years. He also runs excellent CPD courses and lectures on window sills and staircases and can go into more detail than you can ever imagine.

 

The Charles Brooking Collection is housed in Cranleigh in Surrey.

 

Below we feature a series of interviews that we carried out with Charles Brooking. As a good place to start look at Charles Brooking published far and wide and Charles Brooking's 21st Birthday present and being banned from collecting and One man Charles Brooking and his taxi.

 

Interviews with Charles Brooking,

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Charles Brooking Biography

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Charles Brooking, his life, his passion for architecture, his rescues and his collection

1. Charles Brookings' 21st birthday present and being banned from collecting / rescuing windows, doors and staircases

2. Major rescue at Cornwall Terrace, London NW1 by Charles Brooking and where do you store thirty to forty windows, doors and several hundred small items?

3. Rescuing including donations from St Paul's Cathedral by Charles Brooking

4. Charles Brooking, Houndsditch, London EC3 rescuing a window is easier said than done!

5.  1709 and 1774 London Building Acts by Charles Brooking

6. The Woking rescues by Charles Brooking and the idea of The Museum of Architectural Detail which becomes The Brooking Collection

7. Major rescue by Charles Brooking at Leadenhall Street, London EC3

8. Late 1970's Charles Brooking goes full time

9. Major rescues by Charles Brooking from the Cutler Street Warehouses (near Petticoat Lane) London E1

10. Major rescue by Charles Brooking from The Chinese Embassy, Portland Place, London. W1

11. Charles Brooking rescues locks

12. Major rescue by Charles Brooking from the Firestone Factory, Great West Road, London

13. Donations to Charles Brooking Collection and rescues from far and wide, including Buckingham Palace!

14. Major rescue by Charles Brooking at Westbourne Terrace, Paddington

15. Major rescue by Charles Brooking at Parade Street, Paddington

16. Henry Hope window manufacturer and other window manufacturers, by Charles Brooking

17. Major rescue by Charles Brooking in Woodbridge Road, Guildford (by dark of night)

18. Major rescue by Charles Brooking at St Georges' Hospital and the Knightsbridge area, SW1

19. Major rescue by Charles Brooking from Buckingham Palace Mansions, SW1

20. Major rescue by Charles Brooking at Downing Street, London

21. Major rescue by Charles Brooking from The London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus and the Trocadero

22. Major rescue by Charles Brooking at Maple Street, London W1

23. Major rescue by Charles Brooking at Huntley Street, London WC1

24. One man Charles Brooking and his taxi

25. Red crayons and bores and locks by Charles Brooking

26. Charles Brooking looks at architecture and the class system

27. Major rescue by Charles Brooking at John Adam Street, London WC2, the Adelphi site

28. Major rescue by Charles Brooking at Warren Street, London W1

29. Home Museum and major rescue by Charles Brooking at Drummond Street, London NW1

30. Major rescue by Charles Brooking at Chelsea Police Station and taking rescued items home on the Underground!

31. Major rescue by Charles Brooking at St Luke's Hospital, Chelsea

32. Major rescue by Charles Brooking at White Lodge, Bushy Park and Glazing Bars

33. Major rescue by Charles Brooking at the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR) building, Euston Road, London NW1

34. Windows, Glazing Bars, Windows Tax and Tri Part Windows and the Charles Brooking Collection

35. Major rescue by Charles Brooking from Pentonville Prison, Caledonian Road, London N7

36. The British Rail Rescues, Steptoe and the Joys of Travelling by Tube

37. Major Rescue, Westminster Palace Hotel, Victoria Street, London SW1 and Buckingham House, Buckingham Gate, London NW1

38. The Home Museum Gets Too Big for the Charles Brooking Collection

39. Major Rescue by Charles Brooking in Coutts Bank, London

40. Charles Brooking published far and wide

41. Major Rescue by Charles Brooking from Whitehall, London SW1

42. Major Rescue by Charles Brooking at The Guildhall, London EC4, City of London School, Victoria Embankment, London and a rather Swiss style splat baluster

43. Rescuing Staircases for the Charles Brooking Collection

44. How the Charles Brooking Collection began and early Surrey Rescues

45. Charles Brooking the Guildford Rescues

46. The growing Charles Brooking Collection of architectural details

47. Charles Brooking's Solo architectural rescues begin

48. Charles Brooking and the History of the Screw

49. Charles Brooking talks about windows before the sash window

50. Victorian Architecture, described by Charles Brooking

51. Charles Brooking chats about a brief history of glass (not necessarily 100% accurate)

52. Charles Brooking's 18th birthday and the world of work and antiques

53. Charles Brooking tries his hand at being an Architect

54. Charles Brooking tries his hand at working in Museums

55. Interest in the Charles Brooking Collection of Architectural Detail starts to take momentum

56. Charles Brooking is spotted by an International Architect's Practice

57. Onwards and upwards, forming the Charles Brooking Trust in 1985

58. Exhibition by Charles Brooking at the Building Centre, Store Street, London WC1

59. The Charles Brooking Collection at The University of Greenwich

60. The Charles Brooking Home Study Collection

61. Offers of storage space will be greatly received for the Charles Brooking Collection

62. Charles Brooking and the Redhill Rescues

63. Charles Brooking and the Woking Rescues

 

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Our collection of surveying photographs and sketches

Like Charles Brooking, architecture and many other things property related interest us greatly as surveyors and we hope this reflects in our building surveys.

We use many photos (like this one of a roof with windows) and sketches which we have commissioned in our building survey reports to make the problems as clear and as easy to understand as possible.

Roof Windows, sometimes called Velux Windows
An example of one of our photos

 

What do the circles and ovals in our building surveys mean?

We use circles and ovals on the photos and sketches within our reports like the example valley gutters sketch here to highlight the problem areas making it easier for you to see exactly where the problem is and to give you a better understanding of all things related to your property.

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An example of one of our sketches.

 

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