The practice

A small studio, on purpose.

A drawing, a pen and a set square on a wooden desk

Clara and Tom opened the studio in 2009, in two rooms above the old tannery on 2 Tanner’s Yard. There are four of us now, and we’d like to keep it that way.

Staying small means the person you meet at the first visit is the person who draws your house, deals with the planning officer and stands on site with your builder. We take on around twenty projects a year, which is enough to stay busy and few enough to know every one of them well.

Most of our work is within 30 miles of Morrowby: extensions to terraces and semis, a handful of new houses, and a steady run of listed buildings and cottages that need someone patient. We also work for a few local builders who need drawings and planning for their own clients.

How we like to work

Three things we won’t skip, whatever the size of the job.

We visit before we draw

Every project starts at the house, not on a screen. Light, levels, the neighbours’ windows and the state of the brickwork all shape the design.

We say what things cost

We check the design against your budget at every stage, with real prices from recent jobs, so there’s no shock when the tenders come back.

We stay until the end

The person who draws your house visits the site. Most problems on a build come from details nobody was there to explain.

The team

The four people who’ll work on your house.

All our architects are registered, insured and trained in work to historic buildings.

Clara Reed

Director, architect

Set up the practice with Tom in 2009 after ten years in London. Leads our new-build and listed building work.

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Tom Ashby

Director, architect

Grew up in Fenwick Lees and runs most of our extensions. Usually the one you'll meet at the first visit.

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Hannah Ellis

Architect, conservation

Writes our heritage statements and knows most of the conservation officers in the county by name.

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Sam Okafor

Architectural technologist

Draws the details builders actually price from, and deals with building control on every job.

Building regulations and technical design

Where we work

Within about 30 miles of the studio, including:

Morrowby and the Old Town

Fenwick Lees

Hollins Cross

Sallow Edge

Bramley and Cotterill

The Lees villages

The studio

2 Tanner’s Yard, Morrowby, QV2 6HD

Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm. Two parking spaces in the yard, and the station is a ten-minute walk. Come and see the models and drawings, but call first so one of us is in.

Contact

01632 960105

hello@ashbyreed.co.uk

We reply to every enquiry within two working days.

A white card model of a small house on a plinth

Start a project

Tell us about the house and what you’d like to change.

We’ll call you back within two working days. The first visit is £250, taken off our fee if you go ahead.

Send an enquiry

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or call 01632 960105