Chichester Architecture
Roman grid, cathedral close, harbour beyond.
Chichester is a compact city with a Roman plan and a cathedral at its centre, and around it the harbour villages and the foot of the Downs each set their own terms.
Our story.
Who are we?
Inside the city walls the grain is tight and much of it is conservation area, with listed buildings on many streets and long views to the cathedral spire that planning is careful to protect. Reworking a house here means reading what the street is made of before adding anything to it.
To the south, Bosham, Itchenor and the harbour villages bring water, flood risk and a low, horizontal architecture of brick, timber and tile. To the north, the South Downs National Park sets the frame for new houses outside the city, where a building should sit in the field pattern rather than on top of it.
With more than 450 projects behind us, we design new homes, extensions, luxury developments and complex renovations across Sussex, Hampshire and the wider South of England, always in close collaboration with you.
What we do.
From appraisal to completion.
We begin with a proper appraisal of the site — access, levels, trees, drainage, services and planning history — so you know early what the land can carry.
We handle the planning process, including conservation area and listed building consent where it applies, and prepare the drawings, statements and specialist input a sensitive site needs.
From there we take the design through building regulations and technical detailing, and stay close to the build so the finished house matches the drawings.
Selected Projects
Our experience in Chichester.
One studio.
A single studio covering the city and the harbour villages, working with local engineers, heritage consultants and builders where consent and flood risk are part of the brief.
10+ years.
Over a decade of residential architecture in historic towns and protected landscapes, from listed building consent applications to new houses in the open countryside.
450+ projects.
More than 450 projects across the South, including conservation area reworkings, barn conversions and new builds where the setting, not the size, sets the design agenda.