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.’

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.

Working within and early 20th century farmstead, without any dwelling, and in the open countryside, Duntish Mill in West Dorset was a game of two halves. Initial planning was permitted for the brief of the site, and then resubmitted during works to double the size of the house.

A project for a young family, we undertook a full-service offer on this site, working hard to obtain permission for a dwelling house and three holiday lets, along with implementing a biomass boiler system for renewable district heating, and solar PV for electricity.

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.

A primary school in Poole which needed to expand for growing numbers of students, Lilliput CE Infant school is a project that brought much-needed facilities to its community.

Working around strict school access and safety requirements for students, we undertook a full-service project management, design, and build package to alter the existing structure of the school, making it fit for the future.