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Our practice is getting zero carbon ready
— 26 Apr 2021 by Mark Raby
By 2025 the Government has pledged that all new buildings need to be zero carbon ready.
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Rewilding – a holistic approach to biodiversity net gain in your project
— 01 Apr 2021 by Mark Raby
By mid-2023 there will be a mandatory planning requirement to ensure that development sites are left with more biodiversity than when the project started.
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JRA welcomes new Part 1 Architectural Assistant
— 25 Mar 2021
Jonathan Rhind Architects are delighted to welcome Lillie Coxon; Part I Architectural Assistant to the team.
Culture Recovery Fund enables repairs to Devon Manor
— 22 Mar 2021
The Arvon Trust have been running writers' retreats for over 50 years.
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Modern extension to unusual Grade II listed house
— 17 Mar 2021
Standing guard in the heart of Northam town centre on the North Devon coast, The Mount is a four-storey brick property thought historically to have…
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Basement extension to Woolsery Manor
— 04 Mar 2021
When we last blogged about Woolsery Manor the project had just received planning permission for the conservation and renovation work on the Grade II listed…
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Success as planning permission for countryside barn achieved
— 22 Feb 2021
Planning permission has been granted for full residential use of a former threshing barn on the windswept north Devon coast; part of a collection of…
![Orangery extension to Country House completed](/assets/BlogPosts/SingleImages/60B-architects-new-build-orangery-devon-1__FillWzgyMCw4MjBd.jpg)
Orangery extension to Country House completed
— 11 Feb 2021
The new garden room to a West Devon country house was designed to link with the kitchen and provide modern living spaces within a more…
Birch Farm, Woolsery - Garden Farm
— 21 Jan 2021
Following on from the Farmers Arms public house and chip shop projects and the ongoing Manor House and shop renovations, the regeneration of parts of…
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On the first day of Christmas my Architect Gave to me...
— 17 Dec 2020
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HLF Grant reroofing of Grade I listed Church nears completion
— 17 Dec 2020
After an inauspicious start of storms, supply issues and of course the pandemic, the reroofing of the main roof of St Margaret’s Church Northam is…
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South West Architects looking for talent
— 03 Dec 2020
Jonathan Rhind Architects are looking to recruit Part 1 or Part 2 Architectural Assistants as well as experienced Architectural Technologists.