With a brief to create a contemporary, linear form that appears to float above the landscape while offering panoramic views of the Jurassic Coast, The Hills project in Dorset occupies a truly exceptional coastal setting.

Our design delivered a sequence of considered living spaces each maximising the expansive views across the English Channel. In addition to the open-plan kitchen, the house included a subterranean bedroom suite, beach-access changing rooms with showers and integrated garages for boats and sea-sports equipment. The result is a refined coastal retreat.

A slice of history in the heart of Somerset, the Threshing project entailed extensive expansion work – modelled on the historic plan – to enhance a Grade II listed threshing barn with luxury living quarters.

Obtaining Listed Building Consent and significant change of use for our developer client, our design team provided a service which proposed separate bedroom suites, an inner courtyard garden, and an open barn reception space complemented by historic roof timbers.

A glorious Grade II listed grain barn in rural Somerset, we provided a successful design service for our developer client to obtain significant change of use for this listed building.

The finished design offered a three-storey building – with a complementary, cart barn conversion to be used as a modern open plan kitchen and dining space – the requirements (and charm) it needed to be approved.

Broadridge is a residential design project in Dorset, transforming a brownfield site into fifteen new homes, including four social housing units. Set within a conservation area, the design responds carefully to scale, massing and materiality, ensuring the new development sits comfortably within its rural setting rather than imposing upon it.

The result is a scheme that delivers much-needed homes, including affordable provision, while respecting the qualities that make the conservation area worth protecting.

Originally bought as a farm by a developer client, this old milking parlour in Shaftesbury, with its steel frame structure, required our expertise in gaining Class Q permission to convert into residential.

Currently considered the largest Class Q fallback application in the area, this project involved impeccable understanding of the jurisdiction for new builds in rural areas and showcases our team’s thorough understanding of the planning application process.

Bringing both archaeological and conservation constraints into play, the project at Trinity Street in Dorchester required careful planning and intricate construction techniques to limit damage to archaeology.

For our developer client, we provided a full-service solution to obtain and implement mixed use for two retail units and four flats in the heart of Dorset’s capital town.

Highwood is a 1950s bungalow with a concrete tiled hipped roof, tasked with welcoming glorious views of Poole Harbour and the Purbeck Hills into the home. A contemporary metal clad dormer window and glazed doors were added to open the building up to its surroundings.

An internal laminated timber wall structure added a real technical challenge to the build, overcome through painstakingly detailed design work to deliver a successful extension.

Dorchester Road is an urban project in the coastal Dorset town of Weymouth, where we provided a full-service package for a developer client to demolish a dilapidated house and replace it with six new build homes.

Feasibility and optimum housing requirements were at the heart of the project, with careful site planning essential to maximise the number of homes deliverable on a constrained urban plot.

Wadham House is a conversion project for a developer client in a conservation area of Dorchester, requiring sympathetic design, planning and archaeological investigation. The site, a former council office, had already been converted into six flats prior to our involvement.

Our full-service package focused on enhancing the existing scheme, balancing the practical needs of the developer with the sensitivities of working within a designated conservation area.