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.
Complete refurbishment of a Grade II Listed former school, altering the building's typology and creating a large family dwelling, in addition to incorporating a contemporary extension. This project encompassed a complete internal overhaul of the existing building, enabling the homeowners to create a seven-bedroom luxury house, with two modern living spaces.
The extension is of a steel frame and masonry construction, with vertical cedar cladding, and standing seam coated steel and felt roof. A clean minimalist finish internally to the existing building continues the property’s styling.
The extension has been carefully considered to enhance and complement the historic building and its setting, a significant planning challenge, given its listed status.
In 2023, Whitworth were approach 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.
Whitworth oversaw the restoration of the historic Martello Tower in Aldeburgh, the largest of its kind from the Napoleonic Wars.
Discover how this Grade II Listed brick barn was transformed into a stunning contemporary home while preserving its history. Featuring an open-plan living-kitchen space, a sleek glazed link to a new living room extension, and a carefully engineered cantilever staircase, the design blends modern style with original features.