Architect in Andover

Andover's listed building wealth lies primarily in the Test Valley villages that surround it. Wherwell, Longparish, Chilbolton, and Hurstbourne Priors contain beautiful thatched cottages and farmhouses in the Hampshire chalk country tradition — buildings of great character that also present real challenges when owners want to extend, reconfigure, or modernise them. Thatched listed buildings are a specialist area in their own right, and the path from a client's brief to a consented scheme requires careful management of both heritage requirements and design ambition. The owners of these properties typically want the same things: more space, better light, a kitchen and living area that connects to the garden, a home that works for a family without being frozen in the past. Our practice has the heritage credentials to navigate the consent process and the design approach to make the end result genuinely worth having.