I’ve just exchanged on a house in Surrey. It has six bedrooms, a 260 ft-long __garden and is in walking distance of Haslemere station. Tick, tick, tick. Sadly, it also holds the unfortunate accolade of being the ugliest house on the road – both inside and out – and is begging for a big extension at the back. What I need is an architect, but how do I hit upon the right one to suit my house, my budget and me?
Tracey Appel ran a tender process to find her perfect match. She needed a specialist to restore St Martha’s Priory, her derelict lodge near Guildford. The Gothic-inspired Thirties property comprised two detached thatched buildings on the corner of a 14-acre plot. Designed by the local architect AC Burlingham, the structure was thought to be the gatekeeper’s quarters to a manor house that was never built.
Perched on the top of Pilgrim’s Way, a prehistoric route that runs from Hampshire to...
