Blair Gratton Architects Limited

ABOUT US & OUR HERITAGE AS ARCHITECTS IN DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE

We are an RIBA Chartered Architect Practice operating from the centre of Derby’s Cathedral Quarter, and our Director Simon Gratton is an RIBA Conservation accredited Architect.

We serve Derby city and its suburbs, together with the whole of Derbyshire. We extend into the surrounding counties of Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Leicestershire.

Through our 70 year lineage dating back to 1952 when the practice was established in Derby as William Blair & Partners, we have acquired a wide-ranging portfolio of project experience. From domestic and heritage, to ecclesiastical, education, commercial, healthcare and community architecture.

With an established team of experienced individuals, we are fully qualified to take you through all stages of your project. What makes us special? An RIBA qualified Architect is your point of call. From your free initial consultation at our offices on The Strand, to the fully-built completion of your project.

Whether it is a contemporary extension to your home, alterations to a community centre, adding essential space to a GP surgery or the repair and conservation of a listed building, we at Blair Gratton Architects have the skills and knowledge to meet your requirements and make your build a success.

Visit us on the RIBA’s Chartered Practice website here for further reading.

Selected highlights of projects in Derbyshire where we were appointed as Architects.

WORKING WITH BLAIR GRATTON ARCHITECTS LIMITED

We are an RIBA Chartered Practice based in Derby.

Simon Gratton is a RIBA Chartered Architect and a Conservation Architect – he is the Director of Blair Gratton Architects Limited and qualified as an Architect in 1998 from the University of North London. Simon is a member of the RIBA – Royal Institute of British Architects and is listed at the ARB – Architects Registration Board.

John Gratton is a registered Architect with the ARB and an Architect member of the RIBA. In December 2023, John had been a member of the Royal Institute for 50 years, a rare achievement and consequently has a huge amount of experience working in the Profession.

Ray Harlow is a time served Senior Technician. Ray joined William Blair & Partners in 1970 and has worked with the practice all his life. As our longest-running member of the team, Ray has a wealth of experience in all sectors of technical design specification.

Architects abide by the Codes of Professional Conduct set by both the Architects Registration Board (ARB) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

We have established relationships with other agencies, professionals and consultants. We are well known to local authorities, conservation and planning officers and we can draw upon this knowledge to help assist in the successful realisation of your project.

We offer the full package to make your concept a reality; as Architects we provide a professional, regulated design consultancy service. We work with our clients as a planning consultancy, to take their projects through the planning process; technical design and Building Regulations, through to tender and administering Building Contracts for work ‘on-site’ managing payment and programmes.

See the latest news from our weekly blog of ongoing projects large and small, to give a taste of what we are working on and what we have completed.

To make an enquiry with us and see how appointing us as your Architects can help, call our Derby offices on 01332 340458 to speak to a friendly member of our team.

Alternatively, feel free to send us the details about your project.

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Head Office: 24 The Strand, Cathedral Quarter, Derby. DE1 1BE