Mountpleasant Chapel

The Mountpleasant Methodist chapel in New Mills is a classical revival building whose interior and roof was destroyed by fire in 1993. Amazingly the external walls have remained standing, hidden amongst an overgrown graveyard. A local artist purchased the land and buildings and commissioned Poulter Architects to design a new independent dwelling within the walls…

St Peter’s Avenue, Knutsford

Bungalow extension and renovation into a Low Energy Family Dwelling. Planning Approval April 12 Start on Site. July 12 Completed Dec 13 Description. The proposal involved the extensive renovation and extension of an existing 2 bed bungalow to transform it into a 5 bedroom family dwelling. This included the construction of a second storey over…

Sunnyside, Macclesfield

Sunnyside, sits high on a hill , commanding impressive views across Macclesfield and Cheshire. Orginally, an early 20th Century timber framed bungalow, it had been extended haphazardly and had a number of problematic junctions of roofs and materials. Our approach involved stripping the fabric right back to the bone, adding a storey to the northern…

Forge Works, Chinley

This new build mixed use scheme on a new housing development in Chinley, High Peak , combines light industrial and studio units on the ground floor with a dwelling above. The whole scheme will meet high environmental standards with the ground floor units designed to meet the AECB standard of 40KWh/m² annum for heating and…

Middle Hill Watford Road

This unique 1980s dwelling was in need of major updating when it was bought by it’s current owner. Poulter Architects provided working drawings for the whole reroof including improved airtightness, using woodfibre insulation and recladding of the existing bay windows. The property has also benefitted from new triple glazing throughout, MVHR and ASHP installation making…

Quarry Bank

A light filled contemporary kitchen and dining extension to this Edwardian detached house. Large bifold doors open out onto an enclosed rear courtyard The extension filled in the gap between the main dwelling and its outbuildings and makes a feature of the existing stone walls and contrasts this with wooden features.

Annex Stet Barn Farm

This project in the Peak District National Park involved converting an existing double garage into an annex for the use of relatives. It included raising and reroofing the existing building to create a bedroom within the roof using natural stone for the walls and roofing. The project benefits from the use of MVHR and heating…

Slateacre Road, Hyde

A new development of 10 semi detached dwellings on a steeply sloping backlands site in Hyde, Tameside. These large family dwellings are arranged around a new square with the change in level across the site dealt with by a difference in storey height to the dwellings. The dwellings to the top of the site are…

St Johns Road, Buxton

An existing attached outbuilding, to a large brick villa, this building has now been converted into a two bedroom annex to the main dwelling. The works involved taking the existing structure back to its brickwork shell. A new roof, first floor structure, new window and door openings and it’s complete internal fit out. The new…

Thornsett, Buxton

This semi detached townhouse sits within the Hardwick conservation area of Buxton. The existing dwelling has its kitchen within a rear outrigger with an adjacent utility room housed within a recent extension. There is a small yard at the rear and the route to it through the dwelling is convoluted involving winding through the dining…