Architectural Design Services in Beverley

We design house extensions, loft conversions, renovations and new build homes for private clients in Beverley and the surrounding East Yorkshire villages. The town has a mix of Georgian townhouses in the centre, Victorian and Edwardian properties along roads like Norwood and Lairgate, and more modern housing on the outskirts towards Woodmansey and Tickton.

Each setting needs a different design approach. A rear extension on a Georgian property near Saturday Market is a completely different proposition to a two storey side extension on a 1970s detached house off Queensgate. We assess the building, the context and the planning position before putting pen to paper, so the design fits from the start rather than running into problems later.

For clients looking at new builds on plots in and around Beverley, we also bring experience with energy efficient Passive House design. View our residential portfolio.

Beverley has around 450 listed buildings and five conservation areas. For a town of its size, that’s a remarkable concentration of protected heritage, and it means a significant proportion of building projects here will involve some form of heritage consideration. The planning authority is East Riding of Yorkshire Council, which retains dedicated conservation officers for the area.

We’ve got experience working on properties where listed building consent is required, where heritage statements need to accompany a planning application, and where the design has to demonstrate that it won’t harm the character or setting of a protected building. If your property is listed or sits within one of Beverley’s conservation areas, we can advise on what’s achievable and manage the consents process on your behalf.

Beverley’s town centre has a strong independent retail and hospitality scene, and we work with business owners on commercial projects and hospitality fit outs. That could be a restaurant conversion in an existing building, an office reconfiguration, or a change of use application for a commercial premises. In a town with this level of heritage protection, getting the design right at the outset avoids costly delays in the planning process.

A lot of the properties we work on in Beverley were built long before modern insulation standards existed. When we’re designing an extension or renovation, we think about the whole building’s performance. There are often straightforward improvements that can be made alongside the main project, like upgrading loft insulation or fitting more efficient glazing, without affecting the character of the building.

Where clients are building from scratch, we can go much further. We’ve delivered Passive House projects in the East Riding that achieve energy consumption well below standard new build levels. Read about our sustainable design work.