We were commissioned to design an 3-storey apartment building for a prominent site in Formby. The site was formerly occupied by a 1970s concrete-framed ambulance station as sits within a typical suburban context. The proposed building features a palette of buff Weinerger Con Mosso bricks with bronze coloured metal cladding to the mansard roof and cantilevered balconies. The design grew out of a helical plan, ensuring each apartment benefits from a uniform layout while addressing the geometry of the corner site.

If you intend to extend or alter a Listed Building in a manner would affect its character then you need to apply for Listed Building Consent.

It is important to consider that an owner of a Listed Building is described as a ‘temporary custodian of the nation’s heritage’. The protection of the nation’s heritage is deemed to be so important that it is a criminal offence to carry out alterations which need Listed Building Consent without obtaining it first.

Residential proposal for post-industrial site in Greater Manchester

Concept sketches for Claire House Liverpool.

Paul Ashton Architects were commissioned by a private client to design a contemporary low-energy dwelling

Paul Ashton Architects were invited to bid for a project to adapt and refurbish a number of spaces in LIPA. Paul Ashton Architects were placed second. LIPA offers training in Acting, Dance, Music and Theatre and Performance Design.

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.

Proposed conversion of unused chapel to conference facilities