Architect & interior designer in Tattenhall

The houses of Tattenhall

Sandstone and brick cottages line the older streets within the conservation area, with Victorian villas, farm buildings and later housing spreading outwards. The setting is agricultural and unusually scenic, which means views, ridge lines and the way a house meets its land carry real weight in planning terms as well as design ones.

Where the value usually sits in Tattenhall

Where a house looks towards Beeston, the temptation is to glaze everything facing it. The better move is usually to frame the view from the rooms that will actually be used at the times of day the view is worth having — and to keep the thermal performance of everything else intact.

Architecture and interiors, decided together

The wall you move decides the joinery that fits against it; the window you add decides the colour that works beneath it. Because I design both, decisions in Tattenhall houses get made once — plan, light, kitchen, storage, materials and lighting resolved as a single scheme rather than handed between an architect and a decorator six months apart.