This Grade II* listed building dates back to the early 1700s and we never tire of visiting site as part of our ongoing design works for the owners of this Queen Anne beauty.

The use of crinkle crankle walls, characterised by their undulating or sinusoidal shape, dates back thousands of years, but the term “crinkle crankle” itself was first used in 1598. These walls are known for their distinctive appearance and also offer structural advantages over straight walls of the same thickness.

Most crinkle crankle walls are made of brick, but we were asked a few years ago to undertake a feasibility study on the restoration of this cob crinkle crankle wall, part of a series of cob and brick crinkle crankles surrounding a walled garden in Wiltshire.

Sometimes working with historic buildings is a puzzle, rarely though is the building itself literally a jigsaw puzzle.

An orangery had stood at this property in the West Country since the Victorian times, however a failed restoration in the 1960s saw the domed timber and glass structure collapse during heavy rain in the mid 1990s. We undertook a feasibility study for a potential purchaser to reinstate the collapsed building using the salvaged timbers.

The drawing room of this Grade II listed Georgian house we have been working on the restoration of in Wiltshire is a very comfortable room. But the glow from the open grate makes it feel even cosier. The relaxed ambiance this creates is something we strive for in our work, a home that puts you at ease in comfortable and reassuring surroundings.

We feel that when working on listed buildings we have a responsibility to be sensitive to them and their history. Over restoring a building is often as bad as doing nothing at all.

This Georgian townhouse was in a very poor state of repair having been both a hotel and offices for many years. Lots of elements needed repairing, but we had to be careful to do it in such a way that the repairs were not obvious. The craftmanship in this field of Moulding The Builder is evident on this rubbed brick window head and key stone where they have executed our repair scheme in such a way that looking at it now, it simply looks ‘right’ rather than rebuilt.

We consider ourselves very lucky to work on some beautiful barns. A key principle we adopt is to ensure that wherever possible the building keeps its character and still retains a barn like quality rather than that of a regular house.

Our scheme for this Grade II listed barn in Wiltshire carefully exposed the historic timbers in the former hay loft to ensure the buildings history could still be read. Careful placement of elements ensured we could incorporate the office and home cinema the brief required, without compromising the listed structure.

We don't only work in the country; our projects often take us into the town.

This project in a Conservation Area reworked a former car dealership in a pair of Grade II Listed buildings dating back to the late 1700s/early 1800s. The key move was to treat both buildings as separate, removing the unattractive and awkward 1970s single frontage and replacing with two new timber shopfronts more in keeping with the style of the individual buildings.

Our conservation expertise mean we are privileged to get invited to visit some amazing buildings which aren’t open to the public and see ‘through the keyhole’.

Case in point, this Grade I listed castle from the 1840s. We were appointed in an advisory role by potential purchasers to inspect the condition of the building and examine the feasibility of reconstructing a lost orangery building. We often get involved with properties during a purchase or sale and being involved at an early stage allows us to develop a thorough understanding of both the project and the client brief and requirements.

Our conservation work gives us the opportunity to visit lots of interesting historic structures and, these can range from the humble to the imposing. It is unusual to find that juxtaposition in one project, but here is a hand drawn elevation of a complex of buildings we assessed for a Condition Survey where we found just that.

It is always nice to have a project you can walk to from the office, in this case a scheme for eleven new homes to enable the restoration of a set of Grade II Listed buildings within a Conservation Area as five apartments.

After careful negotiation and working collaboratively with the Local Planning Authority, to overcome planning and conservation officers initial concerns, over a period of sixteen months, we were granted consent by the Planning Committee for a scheme which takes on board and addresses any concerns officers had, provides much needed new housing and secures the future of at risk heritage buildings.