Buildings that earn their place. Designed in the North.
Atelier North is a studio of seven architects working across Greater Manchester and Cheshire. We design considered extensions, new homes and careful interventions in old buildings — and we shepherd every one through planning.
Whitworth Park House — rear extension & remodel, completed 2025
140+Projects completed since 2014
94%Planning applications approved
7Architects in the studio
2×RIBA North West award shortlists
01 — Services
From a first sketch to the final snag list
Most clients come to us with a house that almost works. Our job is to find the version of it that does — then deliver it without drama.
Extensions & renovations
Rear, side-return and wraparound extensions, loft conversions and whole-house remodels — designed around light, flow and how you actually live.
New-build homes
One-off houses from plot appraisal to completion, including Paragraph 84 country homes and tight urban infill sites others have written off.
Planning applications
Householder, full and listed building consent applications, prepared with the drawings and heritage statements planning officers actually want to see.
Listed buildings
Sensitive repair, alteration and extension of listed and conservation-area properties, with conservation officers engaged early rather than fought late.
Interior architecture
Joinery, lighting and material palettes resolved as part of the architecture, not bolted on afterwards. Detailed packages your joiner can price from.
Feasibility studies
A fixed-fee appraisal of what your site or house can take — massing options, planning risk and budget ranges — before you commit to the full journey.
02 — Featured projects
Recent work, briefly
A few projects that show the range of the studio. Full case studies are available when we meet.
Extension · Didsbury
Whitworth Park House
A brick-and-glass rear extension to a 1930s semi, opening the kitchen to a north-facing garden without losing a single degree of warmth.
+38m²added living space, approved first time
New build · Cheshire
Longridge Barn
A new four-bedroom house on a former farmyard near Knutsford, built in reclaimed brick around a sheltered south courtyard.
Passivhausprinciples — 71% lower heating demand
Listed · Ancoats
Mill Street Works
Conversion of a Grade II listed cotton warehouse into six apartments, keeping the cast-iron columns and timber decks on show.
6 homeslisted building consent secured in 11 weeks
03 — How we work
Five stages. No surprises.
We work to the RIBA Plan of Work, simplified into five stages with a fixed fee agreed for each — so you always know where you are and what comes next.
Brief
We visit, measure, listen. You get a written brief and fee proposal — the feasibility chat itself is free.
Concept
Two or three design options as sketches and models, tested against budget before anyone falls in love.
Planning
We prepare and submit the application, handle the council, and respond to anything they raise.
Technical
Construction drawings, building regulations and a tender package three builders can price like for like.
On site
Regular site inspections, valuations checked, and queries answered before they become delays.
04 — The practice
Chartered, registered, insured — and accountable
Anyone can call themselves a designer. "Architect" is a protected title, and chartered status is earned. Here's what stands behind ours.
RIBA Chartered PracticeAudited annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects for quality management, insurance and employment standards.
ARB-registered architectsEvery architect in the studio is on the Architects Registration Board register — you can check each of us by name.
£1m professional indemnityProfessional indemnity insurance held continuously since the studio was founded in 2014, certificates available on request.
Conservation accreditedOur director Eleanor Voss holds RIBA Conservation Registrant status for work on listed and historic buildings.
05 — Clients
What it's like to build with us
★★★★★
“Our side return had been refused twice before we found Atelier North. They redesigned it, talked the case officer round, and we got approval in eight weeks. The kitchen is now the best room in the house.”
Daniel H. Chorlton — extension & planning★★★★★
“They treated our Grade II farmhouse with real respect — the conservation officer actually complimented the application. Costs were tracked stage by stage and never once drifted.”
Margaret & Ian C. Knutsford — listed building★★★★★
“The feasibility study saved us from buying the wrong plot. Then they found us a better one and designed a house that came in under the budget they predicted two years earlier.”
Sofia A. Hale — new-build home
06 — Where we work
Greater Manchester & Cheshire
The studio is in Ancoats, and most of our work is within an hour of it — close enough to be on site whenever a project needs us.
Manchester
Didsbury
Chorlton
Altrincham
Hale
Sale
Stockport
Wilmslow
Knutsford
Macclesfield
Got a site, a house, or just an itch to build?
Book a free feasibility chat. Half an hour with an architect, honest answers about what's possible, and no obligation to take it further.
