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Bramhall Blenkharn Leonard is an established architectural practice, bringing passion, creativity and professionalism to each and every project. We are proud to have received a number of awards for our work - a credit to the belief of clients, the skills of our team members and the input of all those involved in the construction process. Founded in 1994, the practice has a wealth of experience in designing and delivering buildings - both within the local context of North Yorkshire as well as further afield.

Through listening, understanding of brief, finance and context, we aim to create buildings of individuality that meet a client's needs, and which everyone can enjoy. We are based in Malton, a market town situated 15 miles North East of York and in the centre of Ryedale.

We have considerable experience of working on projects across North Yorkshire and an impressive track record in dealing with a range of Local Authority Planning Departments including Ryedale District Council, North York Moors National Park Authority, City of York Council, Lake District National Park, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Hambleton District Council, Leeds City Council, City of Bradford MBC, Scarborough Borough Council and Selby District Council.
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The house and surgery at Sandsend occupies a prominent corner site with commanding views of the sea and eastwards towards Whitby Abbey.
The proposals have been developed around two guiding principles; a community surgery that is accessible for all local residents and a family home that responds to the fantastic views.
The design intent was to create a form that responded to the curved site boundary and utilised the natural slope of the site to separate the two functions.
The result is a curved building that has echoes of traditional coastal structures, such as lighthouses and sea forts.
The land was the garden of our client's former house and is within the Conservation Area of Helmsley and North York Moors National Park (NYMNP).
Typically, the houses along the main street would have been long thin burgage plots, and to reflect this nature, the house was designed as two linear buildings running north-south to reflect these plots.
Being single storey, we wanted to exploit the volume as much as possible-hence the open vaulted living areas and the ability to create two mezzanine areas.
The project involved the conversion and extension to a C19 barn listed through association with an adjoining dwelling.
The barn had seen successive changes over time, and this proposal was a continuation of earlier approved schemes, which aimed to restore the original elements of the building through removal of later additions.
The site also fell within a local Conservation Area.
In an attempt to replicate the agricultural and historic background of the building, we partially replaced the existing steel portal frame, which until recently wrapped the barn.
This new family home in Harrogate is clearly a distinctive and contemporary design.
As with all such proposals, it will, and has, raised issues of subjective taste.
Recommended for approval by Harrogate Council, the scheme was refused by committee, but won on appeal.
The Planning Inspector praised the unique and contemporary design, stating that the modern design would make a positive contribution to the area.
The context is one of a mixed suburban setting, characterised by individual buildings, of a variety of forms and materials.
We were invited by an architect and his wife to design a replacement dwelling.
They had inherited a 1950's family home adjoining one of the cities conservation areas and wished to replace it with a new home respecting this context and more significantly the archaeological importance of the site.
When constructed, the original house plot had been subject to an archaeological dig, revealing a number of Roman burials.
It was to be expected that the new house could also reveal significant archaeology.
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