This distinguished 19th-century detached villa suffered significant damage in winter 2022 when a burst pipe on the top floor flooded the building from the top down, affecting numerous historic details. RRA Architects led a carefully managed programme to repair the fabric and safeguard the property’s listed character. We secured Listed Building Consent from Cheltenham Borough […]
Watch our fly-thru of the scheme. Set in the heart of Cheltenham’s town centre, the iconic Regency Municipal Offices ,a Grade II* listed former council headquarters, was reimagined as a high-quality mixed-use development marrying old and new. RRA’s scheme proposed breathing new life into the historic structure with boutique retail at ground level, flexible office […]
From long search to forever home After more than a year searching for the right property, our clients found this coach house tucked within the grounds of an 18th century Grade II* listed manor house. It had potential, but it also came with the usual complications of a curtilage listed building, previous unsympathetic alterations and […]
Working within a tight urban site, this coach house conversion in Hereford explored a range of space planning options to maximise usability and light. The final design creates a direct relationship between the ground floor kitchen and living areas and the external courtyard through large bifold doors, making the most of this compact setting. The result […]
The conversion of the old coach house to a holiday home was a straightforward project for RRA with very few complications at the design or planning stages. The design focused on preserving the rural character whilst creating an open plan, light, airy interior. High quality oak joinery was used throughout combined with durable surfaces to […]
Enjoying fantastic views over Cheltenham from its idyllic location on the private Battledown Hill, The Meadows is set within a half acre plot and exhibits classic Georgian style with mellow Ashlar stone. RRA was commissioned to sympathetically extend the property and remodel the internal configuration to create a state-of-the-art home, with the onus on retaining […]
An award-winning, sensitive restoration and conversion of a Grade II Listed, Victorian villa into elegant contemporary apartments in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Originally constructed between 1840 and 1850, Lypiatt Lodge began life as a pair of semi-detached Victorian villas before later operating as a care home in the late 1900s. The building had been maintained over the […]
In 2017 RRA’s conservation team carried out a quinquennial report on the building to identify which areas required repairs. These repairs were categorised into levels of urgency from A for immediate repairs to D which is desirable. The initial works, identified as urgent, have been carried out as phase 1t. These included stripping back parts […]
