Formerly the home of Rev. William Barnes, known to be Thomas Hardy’s tutor, Old Came Rectory in Dorset is a Grade II listed building of tasteful elegance. We helped our client navigate the challenging Listed Building Consent, gaining permission to implement new internal joinery, enhanced sanitation facilities including ensuites and bathrooms and an overall improved layout.

Our joinery package introduced a new, handmade kitchen, wine cellar and library, which was effectively created from planning to completion with the use of our full-service offering.

Sherborne House, a stunning Grade I Listed Georgian mansion in North Dorset, is being meticulously restored into a versatile arts centre. Our team of lead architects is spearheading this project, overseeing everything from planning permission to detailed design and project management.

With a Medieval wing and notable artwork by Sir James Thornhill, the restoration requires expert conservation and heritage skills. This complex assignment combines preservation of the past with a vision for the future, utilising local, traditional, and sustainable materials. Collaboration and contract management of numerous professionals, institutions, and trades is key to the success of this unique project.

The project is Shortlisted for multiple national awards, including the Georgian Group Awards 2024, Wood Awards 2024, Structural Timber Awards 2024.

As seen on TV, a multiple award winner – including the Architects’ Journal Retrofit 2024 winner – presented for SPAB (Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings), and demonstrated to the Historic Royal Palaces. To our knowledge, considered the first exemplar of converting a Grade I (1485 Tudor) estate into becoming carbon neutral. This nationally recognised, award-winning project was a pleasure to work on, and involved the installation of 2 solar arrays, 12 Tesla batteries (one of the largest powerwall installations), 4 GSHP and 15 AHSP.

An estate-wide, community project in the heartland of Dorset, Athelhampton Zero significantly reduced the client’s energy costs and is a great example of championing sustainability on heritage sites.

As one AJ judge put it: ‘We were looking for something exceptional and this project really was.’

We proudly won an LABC Award for the work we carried out on this Grade II listed building on Bruton High Street. Undertaking a full refurbishment and adding a contemporary extension to the rear of the building, our award-winning work was recognised for its ability to combine the old with the new, and for its technical intricacy.

We acted as principal architect and designer, taking care of planning and permissions, along with site support.

Considered ‘the oldest house in southern England’, Barnston Manor is a Grade I listed medieval building that required intricate planning applications and thorough knowledge of heritage specifications. We created a sensitive design, sought to maintain the existing character and charm for our private client at this extraordinary property.

Providing a full-service package, including architectural design, planning permission guidance, and extensive heritage conservation skills, this untouched Dorset manorial farm was given thoughtful designs to maintain the character and charm of the time-warp property nestled in the valley of the Purbecks.

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.

Phase 2 on the Grade I listed estate in Dorset involved implementing new electrical and heating systems (including UFH), along with sanitation and ensuite bathrooms for each bedroom. We also provided a fully bespoke design service to transform each individual room within this historic building, undertaking extensive joinery and lighting design, in addition to the technical restoration of an Elizabethan kitchen range and repair to the external building.

This project required meticulous Listed Building consent and a sympathetic approach to bringing modern heating systems into a heritage build.

An old stone cottage in Bridport in need of modernisation, this project involved delivering a high-quality home to an agreed budget. Bringing both oodles of warmth and natural light from the cottage garden into the interior spaces through the addition of an extension, we provided a full-service solution for this private client – and the result was incredibly effective.

This Grade I Listed Manor House was formerly a tenanted farmhouse with a 1960’s institutional interior that required a sensitive design, sought to maintain the original character of the building, by reinstating the historic Great Hall and Parlour plan, whilst carefully working with the client to add texture and depth to the interiors.

Providing a full-service package, including architectural design, Listed Building Consent, and working with conservation builders, this Manor House was given a new lease of life.

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.