Orange Triangle

Whitworth is an award-winning practice of Chartered Architects and Chartered Building Surveyors. We provide a bespoke and comprehensive service from inception through to completion, offering flexibility over our involvement to align with our clients’ needs.

Philip Orchard, Partner (Architect) at Whitworth
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Philip Orchard

Partner (Architect)

As one of Whitworth’s partners, Philip is responsible for the practice’s ecclesiastical work.

Philip, a former SPAB Scholar, joined the practice in 1985 and was elected to the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 1992. Since then, he has achieved accreditation for work on historic buildings (AABC). Philip is the Surveyor to the Fabric of St Edmundsbury Cathedral and an approved inspecting architect for medieval churches in the Dioceses of Chelmsford, Ely, Norwich and St Edmundsbury, as well as sitting on the Diocesan Advisory Committee (DACs) for both St Edmundsbury and Ely.

Recent Projects

All Saints Church, Stanton

Church Architecture

All Saints Church, Stanton

Whitworth is pleased to have completed phase one of the reordering works at All Saints Church in Stanton, near Bury St Edmunds. This is a project focused on helping this much-loved historic building continue to serve its community for generations to come.

Outbuilding Conversion

Housing Architecture

Outbuilding Conversion

In 2023, Whitworth was approached by our client to sympathetically carry out the conversion of an existing 1980s garage, originally built to accommodate the previous owner’s Ferrari, to a new one-bedroom annexe accommodation.

Martello Tower

Conservation Architecture

Martello Tower

Whitworth oversaw the restoration of the historic Martello Tower in Aldeburgh, the largest of its kind from the Napoleonic Wars.

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