May 2025
Sheerness Dockyard Church Wins Multiple RIBA South East Awards
The transformative restoration of Grade II* listed Sheerness Dockyard Church wins the RIBA South East Award, RIBA South East Building of the Year, RIBA South East Project Architect of the Year and RIBA South East Conservation Award in 2025. From a derelict shell in an extreme state of decay, to an innovative enterprise space for local people on the Isle of Sheppey, the project is proof that a building on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register can have a fantastic future.
‘The church is reborn as a bustling enterprise centre with café, co-working space, flexible meeting rooms and events space. Members of the Isle of Sheppey’s large local community were consulted throughout the design phase and called upon to provide skills and labour during construction.’
‘The space is beautifully light, the acoustics comfortable, and a newly insulated floor and highly insulated roof mean that the building can be maintained at a pleasant temperature. The atmosphere created by the refined and now occupied space is moving, and will no doubt be sustained very well into the future’.
