Oak-frame architect profile Philip Proctor Associates

Philip Proctor Associates is a long established practice based on the Wiltshire/Dorset border but providing a service across the South of England. The practice offers a wide range of imaginative traditional design using locally sourced materials and has particular experience in the use of green oak structures. Each project is developed to respond to its unique siting for private and public clients and developers.

Oak Frame Building by Philip Proctor Associates
Post and beam timber frame building by Philip Proctor Associates

Philip Proctor Associates is a medium-sized practice with four Chartered Architects, a Town Planner, six Technicians and supporting staff. The practice is capable of producing Code for Sustainable Homes assessments and SAP calculations in-house.

The practice works throughout the South and West of England, previous buildings having been constructed in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Bristol, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Sussex, Kent, London and the Isle of Wight.

Work includes all aspects of design and project management including interior design, site appraisals and feasibility studies, town planning, CDM regulations and landscaping.  Philip Proctor Associates has a wide experience in healthcare, commercial, educational, leisure, and residential developments from one-off houses for individual clients to small estate designs. Projects vary from new porches to major medical complexes.

Directors
Philip Proctor B.A.(Hons), Dip.Arch., R.I.B.A.
Brian Watts B.Sc., B.Arch.(Hons), R.I.B.A.
Simon Rutter B.Sc.(Hons), Dip.T.P., M.R.T.P.I

Professional & Technical Staff
Geoff Cole B.A.(Hons), Dip.Arch., R.I.B.A.
Pierre Jordaan B.Build, B.Arch., Pr.Arch(S.A.), R.I.B.A.
Stephen Way M.B.I.A.T.
James Saunders M.B.I.A.T., M.I.E.D.
Shaun Furmage H.N.C.(Building Studies)
Richard Page A.B.I.A.T., SAP Assessor
Edward Phillips H.N.C.(Construction), C.S.H. Assessor
Alexander Spooner (Trainee Technician)

Administrative Support
Jo Johnson, Sarah Mayo, Renata Monk and Laura Andrews

Customers’ comments

“I would just like to say to you that it has been a pleasure working with you and we are all delighted with the end result of your meticulous and imaginative planning. I also particularly appreciated the close eye you kept on the project throughout.”

“We are still having to pinch ourselves to make sure we are not in a dream. Even after nearly a year it still seems new and we revel in the space and light. Thank you for your creativity and attention to detail.”

“We should like to thank you very much for all your suggestions and hard work in the development of the original ideas and plans through to the completion of the house. We are so pleased with the house; it really is as perfect as we could have imagined.”

“It is a year and ten days ago that we moved into this beautiful new home and I have been promising myself that I would write and tell you (once again) how thrilled we are and to thank you for so many superb features.”

“I am sitting here at the end of the first day in our fantastic new surgery and looking out over the harbour with the Purbecks in the distance. I felt I must write to you to thank you so much for producing such a magnificent building which we and our patients cannot believe has been achieved. Every patient who comes into my consulting room has been highly complimentary about both the inside and the outside of the building which fits in with the local architecture superbly. I have enjoyed working with you very much and you have listened to all our comments whether they have been stupid or not and responded rapidly and efficiently using your great expertise. I now know that you are a perfectionist and do not put up with anything but the best. On behalf of the partners, staff and patients I would like to thank you very much.”

contact information

Philip Proctor Associates

Grosvenor House
Bleke Street
Shaftesbury
Dorset
SP7 8AW

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  • Awards
    • R.I.B.A. Award – cottage renovation, Ibberton
    • L.A.B.C. South-West Building Excellence Awards 2009 – J.M. Upward Academic Centre, Port Regis School, Dorset – shortlisted
    • Vale of White Horse Design Award – surgery at Shrivenham
    • North Dorset Conservation Design Awards for steps at Gold Hill, Shaftesbury
    • Trowbridge Civic Society Award – Roundstone Surgery
    • Bishop MacDonald Award – surgery at Swindon
    • H.R.H. Prince of Wales personal accolade – Rowden Surgery, Chippenham
    • Award for Shaftesbury Abbey new museum
    • Award for house restoration and extension, Ibberton, from Daily Telegraph
    • Best Regional Market Town Project in the South-West – Sturminster Newton Community Arts Centre (The Exchange)
    • Salisbury Civic Award – Best New Building – Sandroyd Prep School
    • Weymouth Civic Award – Weymouth Skatepark
    • 4 nominations – National Leisure Industry Awards – Weymouth Skatepark