Sitting just outside of the Medieval walls of the wonderful historic city of York, this impressive terrace house spread over five floors had endured the indignity of having been split into poor quality apartments by a ruthless landlord.

Dickinson Waugh were called in to save the day and transformed the run down building back in to a beautiful family home.

The works comprised extensive structural alterations at Basement level and careful yet sensitive informed restoration where appropriate set against a clean modern interior.

Dickinson Waugh are privileged and honoured to have been commissioned for this fantastic project; the former home of, and built for Sir Henry Royce.

As well as calling it home, it’s well documented that Sir Henry worked on many of his early automotive innovations within these very walls, and our client, a frequent flyer with DWA has big plans and has entrusted us to deliver to them a spectacular family home.

We’re currently preparing sketch schemes and working closely with the client to finalise the proposals.

Our specialism in working with listed buildings such as this will ensure the historic significance of the building is fully understood and protected, repairs are carried out appropriately and correctly and the potential of the building is maximised to meet the client’s dreams.

This original detached dwelling very much typified 1980’s patiche but was located on a wonderful plot on the edge of the green belt, with impressive views.

Previous low quality PVCu conservatory additions did little to help the ageing visual appearance of this building and so DWA were appointed to bring it up to date.

The works included single storey extensions to the side and rear, a complete redesign of the existing elevations, extensive internal rearrangement and a full top-to-bottom refurbishment.

The results are impressive.

The client for this project approached Dickinson Waugh with the idea of extending their house.

Simply bolting on an extension was not the right solution in this case and so DWA developed proposals which will give the client their required additional floor space from within the existing building footprint.

The proposal is to excavate and form a Basement; which will lead through fully glazed sliding doors out to a sunken garden.

Again, our ability to appraise the heritage values attributed to a building at an early stage combined with our talent for design have resulted in a high quality and original solution.

A rural dwelling located within green belt and typically 80’s in style. The new owners not only wished to make their mark on their new home, but also increase floor space as much as possible.

Robust guidance stating an acceptable increase of 30% for such properties indicated a long and protracted planning process. Not so the case as thorough knowledge of the legislation and a well designed extension lead to an impressive overall increase of 82% and a very happy client.

Check out the ‘before’ and ‘after’ images to the right.

Cue the cliché “it’s what we do”………..

This fantastic grand house featured in Hammer House of Horror productions and boasts famous past residents such as movie director Stanley Kubric and actress Betty Davies.

Whilst it remains a spectacular dwelling, as with everything, time and tastes evolve and the current owners wish to invest significantly in order to turn this building in to the family home of their dreams.

The fabulous Dawn Ward stars in this feature production as the designer extraordinaire; which co-stars Messrs Dickinson and Waugh who will undoubtedly excel in their supporting role.

Snowdonia as a backdrop provides a setting second to none for this grade II listed former Rectory close to the town of Porthmadog.

Having been formerly converted in to a Hotel, this originally modest buidling was considerably extended and altered over the years. Some of the extensions and work have heritage value; which contributes greatly to the historic evolution of the building, some of the work is a little more ‘fit for purpose’………Never mind, it’s all part of the challenge.

The Rectory has laid empty for a considerable period of time and has recently been purchased by another regular Dickinson Waugh client who’s intention is to convert it back to a single dwelling as a home for their family.

Dickinson Waugh are delighted to have been appointed to guide this wonderful building back to functional use and prepare it for a cherished future as a family ‘hub’.

Is it any wonder why we love our work?

This is a beautiful mid Victorian; Italianate style home where we propose a large extension to provide a stunning swimming pool and additional accommodation.

Replicating original building styles when designing extensions to historic buildings can sometimes be considered as ‘pastiche’. The opportunity to re-use original salvage materials to form an extension which blends seamlessly with the original building was, however; too good an opportunity to pass up.

Due on site in 2014, another magnificent interior will undoubtedly be designed by Dawn Ward, we’re very excited about this project.

This typical Queen Anne style building displaying impressive polychromatic brickwork is located in a beautiful leafy Victorian suburb and is within a conservation area.

Pre development saw this house in a sorry state, Dickinson Waugh were commissioned to carry out a complete refurbishment and informed restoration to the building, this included conversion of the existing basement in to living accommodation and the addition of a new modern rear replacement extension.

The client, another to return with repeat business expected nothing but the best quality and that’s exactly what they received, both in terms of product and service.

Managing high expectations is parr for the course and it’s nice to see a client reassured by the standards we set ourselves.

This sensitive barn conversion was part of a split farmstead comprising existing cow housing and a hay barn.

Dickinson Waugh were commissioned to convert these significant buildings into a dwelling of the highest order.

In addition to providing the client with a spectacular living environment, the challenge with barn conversions is to protect the features, settings, cultural significance and wildlife interest of a traditional farm building combined with the paradox of making what is in essence a breathable building, thermally efficient without damaging original building fabric.

Traditional farm buildings contribute to local distinctiveness and to countryside character, by utilising these buildings we conserve the environmental capital embodied in traditional farm building stock by promoting their sustainable long-term use.

Dickinson Waugh have considerable experience and expertise in this area of architecture.