latest News: Farmsteads on Hadrian’s Wall

Design work is underway to take buildings on two farmsteads into their next phases of life.

With Hadrian’s Wall footpath running through one farmstead, the new owners are wishing to provide a variety of tourist accommodation and associated facilities. We have already received from the local authority approval in principle for initial ideas.

Hadrian’s Wall footpath runs along the boundary of the other larger farmstead which has been with the same owners for many years. They have asked us to masterplan phased reuse of all unoccupied buildings, most of which will be residential.

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Though I started my working life in London my family roots are here in the North-East – ‘this corner of the earth has a smile for me above all other places.’ Returning to join the practice in 1974, I have tried to develop an understanding of the region’s traditional built environment, particularly of it’s rural communities as a context for a contemporary design response. Repeated commissions and recommendation seem to suggest a reputation for continuing quality output.

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