Residential design from our North East studio at Acklam Hall, Middlesbrough, helping Nunthorpe households make confident decisions about extensions, remodelling, new homes and statutory approvals.
From the first idea to planning and technical drawings, choose the support your project needs. Each stage has a clear scope and fee.
More useful space, better daylight and a clearer relationship with the garden.
Explore this service 02Roof-space feasibility, stair layouts and technical design for a more capable home.
Explore this service 03Site-led design and early feasibility for replacement homes and small developments.
Explore this service 04A proportionate planning route supported by clear drawings and local context.
Explore this service 05Coordinated technical drawings that carry the approved design into detail.
Explore this service 06Early appraisal of access, constraints, capacity and likely consultant input.
Explore this service 07Planning-led layouts for HMOs, flat conversions and other residential changes of use.
Explore this serviceSelected projects and design studies from the practice. Explore the brief, design and thinking behind each proposal.
Rear single storey house extension to property in Middlesbrough with bi Fold Doors
An interior study for a children’s home, exploring calm shared rooms, clear circulation and a warm domestic setting with views towards the garden.
A children’s-home with modest rear extension to create a brighter shared living space and a stronger connection with an enclosed garden.
Read clients’ own accounts of working with Hepburn Architects.
Nunthorpe has a varied residential grain, including older village properties, generous suburban plots and later estates. That variety rewards a site-specific response. We consider views, mature planting, level changes and the relationship between house and garden alongside the practical needs of contemporary family life.
A Nunthorpe extension may be less about maximum floor area than improving the whole ground floor. Better entrance sequences, quieter work space, storage and a strong connection to the garden can add more value than an oversized room. We compare layout options and use daylight, structure and buildability to select a proportionate solution.
Larger plots can prompt questions about replacement dwellings, subdivision or infill. We assess those ideas cautiously, considering access, established building lines, landscape, privacy and the space needed for a convincing home. Feasibility work is intended to expose constraints early; it cannot guarantee that permission will be granted.
We establish the brief, site conditions and likely approval route before fixing the design. Once the spatial approach is agreed, the work can progress into coordinated information for planning, structural input and Building Regulations without treating those stages as separate design exercises.
Nunthorpe crosses an administrative boundary. Middlesbrough Council or Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council may be responsible depending on the property's exact address. We confirm the authority by postcode and site boundary, then review the relevant planning register and requirements. Depending on the property and its precise location, additional heritage, landscape or ecological considerations may apply.
Planning and Building Regulations are separate approval systems. We can prepare the architectural information for both, but every decision remains with the relevant authority or approved inspector.
Each commission is scoped around the decisions the client needs to make. Later stages are not assumed before the earlier evidence is understood.
We discuss the property, priorities, budget and programme, then identify the surveys and early checks needed.
Options are tested in plan and three dimensions before the agreed proposal is prepared for the appropriate approval route.
The approved design is developed with construction details and coordinated consultant information for Building Control and pricing.
The settlement extends across the Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland administrative boundary. The correct authority depends on the legal site address and boundary, not simply the place name.
Yes. Our North East studio is at Acklam Hall in Middlesbrough, and a site visit can form part of the agreed feasibility or measured-survey stage.
Yes. We can develop an approved design into coordinated technical information for Building Control and construction, working with structural engineers and other specialists where their input is required.
Tell David about your property in Nunthorpe, what you want to change and what matters most. We will help you identify a useful first step.
North East studio · Acklam Hall, Middlesbrough
Site visits and meetings by arrangement.