Elegant period features, historic craftsmanship, character, charm… These are just some of the advantages that come with owning a listed property.But there are also responsibilities and rules. You are the latest guardian of a property that is of such special architectural or historic interest, it has been given protected status. It is down to you
Age is no barrier to expanding our knowledge and horizons – HKA’s Architectural Technologist Scott Wood is proof of that. In 2025, at the age of 59, Scott embarked on a three-year MSc in Green Building studies, to develop a deeper understanding of sustainability in construction. Scott has never let age be a barrier to
HKA helped a client create two bespoke family homes on a steep, hillside plot in Stretton, Derbyshire Our client had moved from Hertfordshire to Derbyshire to be close to family and had been looking for the perfect site to build a beautiful home which would accommodate his wife’s disability. The extensive country plot he eventually
How HKA’s designs transformed a ‘nearly right’ Derbyshire cottage into ‘just right’ for its new owner This picturesque Derbyshire cottage now boasts a garden room and an en-suite bathroom and walk-in wardrobe to the first-floor master bedroom After a fruitless 18-month hunt for a Derbyshire cottage which ticked every box, our client had taken a
A skilful transformation by HKA has created a sleek and contemporary boutique gym from a former light industrial building in Beckenham, South East London. What was once a workaday two-storey premises, split simply into four large workshop spaces for its previous function as an electrical supplier, has been completely reimagined as Crowns Gym, a premium
Your back garden could be more than your green space – it might change your life. Ask HK Architecture’s team to help you assess your garden’s potential. Small house, growing family, plenty of outdoor space? You could build a home office, a workshop or a play room in your garden. Or you could build an
HKA are specialists in listed building and heritage architecture and restoration, complex planning permissions and disability access. We are proud to have twice been called on to work with the luxurious Grade II listed Cavendish Hotel in Baslow. Our expertise has transformed two of the hotel’s spaces and increased accessibility for guests with mobility issues.
This beautiful four-bedroomed, Grade II listed home in Sheffield’s leafy Nether Edge was originally the Victorian gate house to Kenwood Hall. The splendid home of one of the city’s finest cutlery-makers, George Wolstenholme, eventually became Kenwood Hall Hotel. But the gate house stood empty for decades and fell into decline. The success of its sympathetic
This bespoke, luxurious new-build property near Holmesfield combines natural materials with modern construction techniques and state-of-the-art eco sustainability. Spectacular walls of glass look out over picturesque rural views to the south, and flood the open-plan, four-bedroomed property with light. A steel and timber frame and SIP panel construction method combines with salvaged old Derbyshire stone,
A HKA client in Barlborough is celebrating after winning an appeal for planning permission to build a home on the site of an old orchard. In June 2024, Bolsover District Council had turned down HKA’s plans for a single storey, two-bedroomed house on the site at Park Street, which sits within the curtilage of Grade
