Recently, we had the challenge of sourcing handmade bricks for a project in a Conservation Area in West Lancashire. The original bricks told a story; they were likely made by itinerant brickmakers around 1860 and would have been produced in a brick clamp; a traditional method where bricks were fired in a temporary kiln built on-site. Interestingly, just across the road from the building is an old fishing pond, which was likely the original clay pit that provided the raw material for these bricks.
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Proposed Apartments - Brownfield Site
The proposals comprise 6 no city-centre apartments arranged over two storeys with basement parking. The site was formerly used as a workshop for light industry and is currently vacant. The site is an infill with an irregular shape derived from the fact that it was simply a piece of land to the rear of the surrounding terraced housing.
Read morePlanning Application Submitted for Green Belt Site - Stockport
Paul Ashton Architects and Landscape architects ReShaped submitted a planning application for a private orchard on a Green Belt site in Stockport. The scheme enhanced existing public rights of way and included a new access bridge.
Residential Proposal for Post-industrial Site - Manchester
Residential proposal for post-industrial site in Greater Manchester
Read moreExtension to Grade II* Listed Church - Liverpool
St Brides Church - Liverpool
Spatial configuration investigations for the St Brides project.
Planning Permission Secured for Extending Historic Monastery
Paul Ashton + HBMA have secured planning permission at committee for the redevelopment of a former Carmelite Monastery in Liverpool. The site is to become a new respite centre and hospice for the regional children’s charity Claire House.
Read moreApproval Granted on Grade II* Listed Building Conversion
Paul Ashton Architects have gained Planning Approval and Listed Building consent for a conversion from offices to apartments on the Grade II* listed Asia House on Princess Street in Manchester
Read moreConcept Design: Alterations to Existing Dwelling
Housing Proposals - Doncaster
Residential proposals for a site on Chequer Road in Doncaster, Yorkshire.
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