Contemporary House Extensions, Bespoke New-Build Homes, Renovations, Loft & Barn Conversions Across Bath & Bristol
Residential architecture sits at the heart of our practice. Based in Bath, we specialise in the design and delivery of contemporary homes, extensions and bespoke new-build properties across Bath and Bristol.
As a Chartered Architectural Technology and Surveying practice, we take a collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach to residential design. Each project is considered individually – balancing creativity, planning expertise and technical precision to deliver homes that are both beautifully designed and carefully executed.
With over 15 years of experience, we have worked extensively with homeowners throughout Bath and Bristol, delivering contemporary house extensions, remodelling projects, loft conversions and bespoke new homes. Our structured process removes complexity and gives clients confidence at every stage of the design and construction journey.
As a Bath-based team of residential architects, we focus on residential architecture in Bath, which forms the foundation of our work. From our office on Rush Hill, we design contemporary homes, extensions and bespoke new-build dwellings across the city and surrounding areas.
Bath presents a distinctive architectural landscape, shaped by its Georgian heritage, conservation areas and carefully regulated planning environment. We have extensive experience working with Bath & North East Somerset Council (BANES), preparing householder applications and listed building proposals with a clear understanding of local planning policy and design expectations.
Our portfolio includes contemporary rear extensions to Georgian townhouses, carefully integrated new-build homes and thoughtful remodelling schemes that enhance light, flow and usability within period properties. Each project is developed in response to its context — balancing modern design principles with the architectural character that defines Bath.
By integrating architectural design, structural knowledge and planning coordination within one multidisciplinary service, we provide homeowners in Bath with a structured and transparent pathway from concept through to construction.
Alongside our established presence in Bath, we deliver residential architecture projects throughout Bristol. The city’s diverse character – from historic terraces in Clifton and Redland to contemporary developments across Southville and Bedminster – creates opportunities for thoughtful, modern design.
We regularly support homeowners in Bristol with extensions, remodelling projects and bespoke new-build dwellings, guiding proposals through Bristol City Council’s planning process with clarity and technical precision. Urban sites often require creative responses to tighter plots, neighbouring constraints and maximising natural light – challenges our multidisciplinary team is well equipped to address.
By combining architectural design, structural understanding and coordinated technical detailing, we ensure that each residential project in Bristol moves efficiently from concept through to construction, with a clear and collaborative process throughout.
We believe the residential design process should be clear, structured and transparent. Too often, architectural services are presented in a way that feels overly complex – so we’ve simplified ours into three defined stages.
Stage 1 – Feasibility & Planning
We assess your site, develop initial concepts and guide the project through the planning process.
Stage 2 – Technical Design
Once approved, we produce detailed technical drawings and specifications to prepare your project for construction.
Stage 3 – Construction & Delivery
We support you through the build phase, ensuring the design intent is realised on site.
Each project is mapped clearly during your initial consultation, with fixed, stage-based pricing so you understand exactly what is included. Our structured approach allows homeowners to budget confidently, paying only for the services they require at each stage – removing the uncertainty often associated with percentage-based fee structures.
Based in Bath and working across Bath and Bristol, our multidisciplinary team brings together architectural designers, technologists and surveyors to deliver carefully considered residential projects from concept through to completion.
What differentiates our practice is the depth of technical expertise integrated into every residential project. As a multidisciplinary team based in Bath and working across Bath and Bristol, we combine architectural design, technical detailing and planning coordination within a single, structured service.
From initial concept and feasibility studies through to planning applications, Building Regulations packages and detailed specifications, our approach ensures that creative design is fully supported by technical precision. We regularly prepare comprehensive drawing sets and 3D visualisations to help clients confidently understand and progress their project.
Unlike many traditional practices where structural detailing is largely deferred to external consultants, we incorporate a significant proportion of timber and structural specification within our fixed-price scope. This reduces uncertainty, improves cost control and streamlines the technical delivery of contemporary residential projects.
Over the past decade, we have developed a strong first-time planning approval rate for house extensions, remodelling schemes and bespoke new-build homes. Our role is not simply to design, but to guide homeowners through what can otherwise feel like a complex process – providing clarity, reassurance and consistent support from concept through to completion.
From contemporary new homes to carefully designed extensions and conversions, our residential expertise covers a broad range of project types across Bath and Bristol.
We design contemporary and carefully detailed homes across Bath and Bristol, ranging from full remodelling and large-scale extensions to bespoke new-build dwellings and considered internal alterations. From Georgian townhouses in Bath to contemporary urban homes in Bristol, each project is shaped by its context, character and client vision.
Our portfolio includes both modern properties and historically significant buildings, and we are experienced in working with Grade I, II and II* listed homes where sensitive design and technical understanding are essential.
We regularly manage householder planning applications with local authorities, including Bath & North East Somerset (BANES), Mendip and Wiltshire, guiding projects smoothly through the approval process with a strong record of success.
As a practice approved by CIAT and RICS, and members of the Buy With Confidence scheme, we combine creative design with professional accountability and technical rigour.
Being socially responsible and promoting excellent ethics is at the forefront of our business. Our staff are happy and content and this is shown through our positive approach to your project. We work to the highest professional standards as required by both the RICS and CIAT. You can rest assured that when you employ WBC you will be supporting an organisation that champions local, national and international projects through schemes such as FairTrade, Mentoring Plus and the Bath percent club. This is backed up by a rigorous Corporate Social Responsibility Policy. We sponsor many grass roots sports clubs such as Combe Down Rugby Club, Frome Park Bowls Club & Cardiff Harlequins.
We are realistic with timescales and honest about what you will receive. Most people underestimate the time involved with a building project, but we are upfront about what is involved and will be clear about how long a project might take. Throughout the project we will continue to update you about progress and will advise you if there will be a disruption in the timetable.
We have vast planning experience and are adaptable to most architectural styles and ages of buildings. We are perfectly able to adapt to the style of your property from contemporary to traditional, urban to rural. We have designed projects in most styles and can use our broad experience to help design the best solution for your property, using whatever construction technology best suits your needs. Whether you plan a modest alteration or something spectacular WBC can help you achieve your project goals.
We employ qualified professionals with a variety of skill sets and the latest training. many of our employees have specialist post graduate qualifications. We also train selected staff through university programmes and professional qualifications to ensure our clients get the best trained surveyors and up to date advice. You will receive a professional, comprehensive and cohesive consultation and guidance throughout the project, ensuring that your development is handled with a consultant level of knowledge.
We are here for you when you need us, with our survey to completion guarantee. You won’t be left alone, we will fit in wherever you need us in the project or guide you through the whole process. You will have the knowledge that someone is always at hand whatever level of service you need.
Whilst offering exceptional value for money we also bring a positive, approachable, pragmatic, realistic and well rounded attitude to your project. You will feel at ease discussing issues with your project, our pragmatic approach to design and refurbishment means that we can often deliver built in VALUE. One example of this is recognising where cost savings can be made in the design without compromising the overall scheme and offering a higher standard of technical specification over many of our competitors, this reduces the need for outside engineering input and ultimately saves you money in fees. We are grounded which means that we can deliver a build in a cost conscious manner in order to make sure our projects are buildable.
Where we do not have the in house skills to tackle an element of a project we are well networked locally to utilise outside consultants that we have built up relationships with over many years. You will get the best of local knowledge and be introduced to like minded trusted suppliers with excellent professional services.
We can provide the majority of services required for a small project in house, making us practically a one stop shop. Having most services in house means that we are often fully accountable for the professional services on your project, this ensures simplicity, communication and efficiency. By utilising a multi-disciplinary approach we are able to keep professional costs for the project extremely competitive and hassle free, essentially you only pay for one set of overheads.
We have unparalleled technical knowledge and produce comprehensive architectural designs and surveys. You will be getting market-leading technical advice that has been approached with imaginative problem-solving techniques. This helps us to identify potential problems with a build before they arise.
Our knowledge adds value, an example of this is that most architects do not provide any advice on the structure of a building during the building regulations approval stage, relying on a structural engineer to produce all work relating to the super structure. At Western Building Consultants we provide structural advice on many areas, such as timber design for floors and roofs, limiting the scope of the engineers work and saving you money.
Having a large team of surveyors means that your project is unlikely to be held up due to other circumstances, there will always be at least two surveyors familiar with the project therefore continuity and a personal service will be retained. On larger schemes a bigger team will be assembled with the required specialist knowledge to fully support your project.
Merlin House
No 1 Langstone Business Park,
Priory Drive
01633982588
Commerce Park, Unit R17, Marshall Way
01373488566
Western House,
2 Rush Hill
01225789307
Sophia House,
28 Cathedral Road
02922679366
Kingston House,
Lydiard Fields
01793234516
Studio 1a,
31 Berkeley Square
0117 3294290
Unit 2, Byre Workshops, Winterbourne Court Farm Barn, Church Lane, Winterbourne
0117 3294290
