01
Garden Room Extension
Bathwick · Side & rear
2025
Single-storey wraparound for a Georgian terrace, opening a tight kitchen onto a south-facing garden.
Planning ref · BANES 24/00481/FUL
RIBA Chartered Practice · Bath · Est. 2015
Homes that work as hard as you do.
A small architectural practice in Bath, designing extensions, lofts and new builds for families across the West Country. Considered drawings, fixed planning fees, and a phone that someone always answers.
Photography — Hearth Studio
Garden Room Extension, Bathwick · 2025
02 — Recent Projects
Drawn, planned, and built — across Bath and the surrounding villages.
02
Kitchen & Dining Extension
Widcombe · Rear glass box
2024
Steel-framed glazed pavilion behind a Victorian villa, with a careful brick palette to match the original.
Planning ref · BANES 23/03127/FUL
03
Loft Conversion
Larkhall · Dormer + en-suite
2024
Full loft conversion drawing two new bedrooms and a family bathroom from an unused roof void.
Planning ref · BANES 23/04812/CLEUD
04
Listed Townhouse Reworking
Lansdown · Listed consent
2023
Interior layout reworked across three floors of a Grade II townhouse, hand-in-hand with conservation.
Planning ref · BANES 22/04001/LBA
03 — Specialisms
What we actually do.
We keep our service list short, because we'd rather do these six things properly than spread ourselves thin.
01
Side & Rear Extensions
Single and double-storey extensions designed around how the family actually uses the house.
02
Loft Conversions
Drawn, planned and detailed — dormers, hip-to-gable, and full rooftop reworkings.
03
New Builds
Bespoke houses on infill plots and replacement dwellings across Bath and the surrounding villages.
04
Listed Building Consents
Sensitive work to listed and conservation-area homes, with the planning conversations handled for you.
05
Interior Layouts
Reworking how a home flows — not a full extension, just the right walls in the right places.
06
Planning Packages
Fixed-fee packages from feasibility through to validated planning submission. No surprises.
04 — RIBA Work Stages
How a project actually moves — from first sketch to keys in the door.
Most clients have never worked with an architect before. So we use the RIBA Plan of Work — the same seven stages every UK practice follows — to keep the journey predictable.
Stage 0–1
Brief & Feasibility
A site visit, a measured chat about what the house needs to do, and a written feasibility note.
Stage 2
Concept Design
Two or three sketch options, drawn to scale, so you can choose the right direction before we go further.
Stage 3
Developed Design
Planning drawings, design & access statement, and pre-application advice where it makes sense.
Stage 4–5
Technical & Tender
Building Regs drawings, specification, and help running a fair tender with two or three trusted builders.
Stage 6–7
Construction
We stay involved through the build — site visits, instructions, and answering the questions the builder will ask.
11+
Years in practice
60+
Planning approvals
RIBA
Chartered Practice
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For the first chat
From a recent client
“We'd had two bad experiences before finding Hearth. The drawings were clear, the fixed fee was a relief, and they spoke to the planners on our behalf — we just got on with our lives until permission came through.”
Mr & Mrs Hartley · Side & Rear Extension, Widcombe
05 — Start a project
Tell us about the house.
The first conversation is free, in person at the studio or at your home. We'll tell you honestly whether the project is worth taking forward — and what it's likely to cost in design fees and on site.