ESHA architects

Architecture Masterplanning & Urban Design Planning Consultancy

The experience of the Partners includes

Conservation & Listed Buildings

Our experience includes the conversion of the former workhouse which later became a hospital at Cotshill Gardens, Chipping Norton into houses and the conversion of the former Drill Hall at HMS Drake, Plymouth into an NCO's mess.

Current projects include the Merchants Almshouse in Bristol, where we are restoring the existing buildings to their original layout and reinstating a wing lost to wartime bombing, conversion of the Bristol North Baths swimming pool and the Lookout project at Weymouth which restores a listed observation tower and carefully inserts a dwelling within its curtilage.

High Street, Caerleon. A new house in the form of a long stone barn, built on a site with Roman archaeology within the Conservation Area in the heart of Caerleon, South Wales.
Lookout, Weymouth. A new timber house within the curtilage of a Grade II listed observation tower overlooking Chesil Beach.
Great Western Road, Chard. A proposed mixed-use development centred around the grade II listed ex railway station in Chard, Somerset.  
Health Centre, Bishopston. The conversion of a listed Edwardian swimming pool into a Health Centre, including the insertion of an intermediate floor.
The Glove Factory, Yeovil. A new mixed-use urban block incorporating a listed industrial building and providing 27 houses and 10 flats.
General Office, Ebbw Vale. The refurbishment and extension of the Grade 2* General Office at the heart of the Ebbw Vale Masterplan Area.
Firepool Lock, Taunton. High density mixed use canalside development designed around a listed Victorian pumphouse.
Merchants’ Almshouse. The reinstatement of the wing lost to bombing during World War 2.
Dove Street, Kingsdown. A small infill scheme of ‘microflats’ within the Georgian area of the Kingsdown Conservation Area.
Town Hall Site, Tiverton. Competition winning design including 58 new and converted homes, cafe/gallery & amphitheatre on this unique steeply sloping site between the listed town hall and the river Exe.
St. Andrew Street, Tiverton. The conversion of 12 houses, including two listed buildings in a conservation area in the heart of Tiverton. (Part of our competition winning design for the Town Hall Site).
Corve Street, Ludlow. A mixed use urban infill development piecing back a small part of the urban fabric of central Ludlow.
Malvern House, Redland, Bristol. Modernist style apartments and town houses close to listed buildings in the Redland Conservation Area. Won a Bristol Civic Society Award.
Ebrington, North Cotswolds. Seventeen houses in the heart of this Cotswold village for Westbury Homes. Won an RIBA Housing Design Award in 2004.
Middle Farm, Poundbury. The conversion and extension of an existing farm grouping to provide new facilities for a software company.
Cotshill Gardens, Chipping Norton. Conversion of a grade II listed workhouse into 22 houses for Regalian Properties.
Luccombe, Somerset. Three houses for the elderly in this National Trust village for the West Somerset Rural Housing Association. Won the National Award for ‘Buildings in the Countryside’ in 1992 and a Civic Trust Commendation.
Upper Bugle Street, Southampton. Conservation area development of 96 flats for the elderly and single people.

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What We Do
Planning Consultancy
Project Planning & Programming
Feasibility Studies
Detailed Briefing and Design
Achieving Planning Consent
Building Regulations
Production Information
Tender Action and
Appointment of Contractor
Site Inspection and
Contract Administration
Post Completion Feedback
 
 
 
Other Services
Public Consultation
Design Review / Client Advisor
Design Intent Details &
Specification
Design Monitoring
Preparation of Design Codes
Illustration & Visualisation
Illustration
Visualisation
Design Competitions
Single Houses and Small Scale
Conversions / Extensions
 
 
 
Potfolio
Masterplanning & Urban Design
Housing in Urban Areas
Rural Planning & Housing
in Villages
Housing for Specialist Groups /
Elderly / Students
Single Houses & Small Scale
Conversion / Extensions
Refurbishment & Reordering
of Buildings
Health
Education including laboratories
Conservation Areas &
Listed Buildings
Offices / Defence / Other
Sustainability
Introduction
Mixed use
Long life, loose-fit, low energy
Thermal insulation and mass
Water drainage and flooding
Natural lighting and ventilation
Embodied energy
Natural landscape
Renewable energy sources
Aesthetics
Building Design
Design Process
Built Form
Conclusion