Conservation architecture
Securing the future of our heritage
We conserve buildings not by preserving them, but by helping them evolve. Our approach is grounded in deep research—understanding materials, construction, history, and use—so we can secure each place’s long-term vitality and cultural significance. We assess risks and opportunities with care, balancing intervention with respect for the past. Working closely with clients and custodians, we pursue the art of the possible: ensuring heritage remains relevant, resilient, and able to serve the future.
Services
- Feasibility studies & options appraisals
- Condition surveys & quinquennial inspections
- Historic interiors
- Repairs
- Funding advice & bids
- Cathedrals & churches
- Historic landscapes & memorials
Heritage consultancy
Unlocking the potential of complex sites
Unlocking opportunity begins with understanding significance. Our consultancy team investigates what makes a place matter—its origins, evolution, and architectural value—and sets out clear, robust guidance for how it might adapt. We provide accessible reporting, informed by rigorous research, to support planning applications, enable development, and guide change. Whether working with our in-house architects or your chosen team, we shape practical heritage strategies that make change not only possible, but meaningful.
Services
- Heritage Impact Assessments
- Environmental Impact Assessments (Built / Cultural Heritage)
- Heritage advice on sustainability improvements
- Conservation Management Planning
- Feasibility studies & appraisals (heritage)
- Designations advice
- Historic building recording
- Digital heritage, GIS & 3D surveys
- Heritage advice and advocacy, including expert witness
New design in heritage settings
A new piece of history
Every new intervention begins with historic context. We take time to understand the building or site in all its dimensions—its heritage, materials, character, and use—before exploring how new design might respond. Our architecture is not imposed, but developed through dialogue: between past and present, between client and consultant, between form and function. We design with imagination, precision and care, ensuring that new additions contribute lasting value and continue the story of place.
Services
- Creative reuse & retrofit
- New buildings within heritage settings
- Extensions
- Feasibility studies & options appraisals
Townscape advice
Vital intelligence for evolving cities and towns
Our townscape advice is grounded in historical research and site analysis, informed by planning expertise and visual impact assessment. We understand how context works—how views, scale, and setting influence both policy and design. From sensitive inner-city sites to nationally significant masterplans, we help shape schemes that are responsive, intelligent, and built to last.
Services
- Townscape and Visual Impact Assessments
- Environmental Impact Assessments (Townscape)
- Expert townscape advice & advocacy
- Townscape advice for masterplans