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Architects in Sheffield, working across the Peak and the Pennines

Quiet buildings that age well.

Founded 2011
Nine people
Chartered practice
We design new homes, careful retrofits and small public buildings for people who plan to stay. Most of our work is within an hour of the studio, so we are on site every week, not every month.
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Next free feasibility visit: the week of 9 November
Fig. 01
Grindle Barn, Hope Valley. A stone threshing barn made into a family home, with the old cart doors kept as the main window.
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Selected work

2019 to 2026 · 38 projects
01
Grindle Barn
Barn conversion, Hope Valley
2024
02
Loxley Almshouses
Six homes for older residents, Sheffield
2023
03
Totley Reading Room
Library extension for a community trust
2022
04
Crookes Terrace
Deep retrofit of a Victorian end terrace
2025
Housing, retrofit, conservation and community work. The archive has drawings as well as photographs.
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What we do

Five ways in, from a first site visit to handover
01

Feasibility and site studies

Before you buy or commit: what the site allows, what planning is likely to accept and an honest first cost range.
4 to 6 weeks
02

New homes

One-off houses and small groups of homes, designed around how you live and built with local contractors we know well.
18 to 30 months
03

Retrofit and extension

Making older houses warm, dry and lighter, with extensions that sit comfortably next to the original building.
9 to 18 months
04

Listed and conservation work

Repairs and careful change to listed buildings, with the heritage statements and consents that come with them.
Set by the consent
05

Community buildings

Libraries, halls and workspaces for trusts and co-ops, including help with funding bids and public consultation.
12 to 36 months
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The studio

Cutler's Yard, Sheffield

Nine people in one room above an old cutlery works. We still draw every scheme by hand first.

Every project is led by a director from the first visit to handover. We keep the practice small on purpose, so the person who drew your house is the one standing in it with the builder.
14
years in practice
61%
of our work is retrofit
120+
households worked with
3
regional design awards
Mara Pennard
Founding director
Owen Rowe
Director
Ifeoma Dale
Associate, conservation
Tom Keighley
Architect
Priya Castell
Architectural assistant
Jo Hatherley
Studio manager
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Recognition

Awards, clients and the people we build with
AWARDS
2025
Pennine Design Awards, Small Project of the Year
Crookes Terrace retrofit
WINNER
2024
Northern Stone Federation, Best Use of Local Stone
Grindle Barn
WINNER
2023
Housing Design Circle, Homes for Later Life
Loxley Almshouses
COMMENDED
2023
Pennine Design Awards, Community Building
Totley Reading Room
SHORTLISTED
2021
Northern Timber Awards, Small Extension
Nether Edge garden room
WINNER
CLIENTS AND COLLABORATORS
Hope Valley Community Land Trust
Loxley Almshouse Charity
Derwent Edge Housing Co-op
Friends of Totley Reading Room
Stanage Outdoor Learning Centre
Kinder Road Joiners
Hallamshire Lime and Stone
And around a hundred and twenty private households, many of whom came back for a second project.
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Journal

Notes from the drawing board
ESSAY · MARCH 2026 · 12 MIN

What a lime render taught us about damp

The farmhouse at Edale had been sealed in cement render for sixty years. Taking it off, and what we put back, changed how we specify walls on every old building.
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GUIDE · FEBRUARY 2026 · 7 MIN

Planning a barn conversion: six questions to ask first

Access, bats, the roof and the neighbours. What we check on the first visit, before anyone draws a line.
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STUDIO · JANUARY 2026 · 4 MIN

Why we still start every scheme with a pencil

A short note on sketchbooks, tracing paper and the drawings clients keep on the fridge.
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New work

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Got a site, an old house or a hunch? Tell us about it.

EMAIL
hello@pennardrowe.co.uk
PHONE
0114 496 0321
STUDIO
Studio 4, Cutler's Yard, Sheffield S1 4PL
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