We’ve recently revisited a housing development we designed in Wiltshire, which included a courtyard of new build houses and a bungalow, but also two historic buildings dating back to the 1800s which were outbuildings to a long ago demolished mansion house.

These new homes are restored to the latest standards of insulation and services, but with the character of a bygone age that only an historic building can give.

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.