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  2. Grand Finals - Shortlisted Finalists 2025
  3. Best Residential Conversion or Alteration to an Existing Home - 2025

Best Residential Conversion or Alteration to an Existing Home - 2025

 

Shortlisted Finalists

  
Boarers Farm

Boarers Farm, Kent

  • Project Team: Steven Docker Associates, Astral Ltd Building Contractors
  • Local Authority: STG Building Control Partnership
  • Region: South East
Cliff Orchard Devon

Cliff Orchard, Devon

  • Project Team: PMR Architecture, Ward & Masters Construction, X Consulting Engineers
  • Local Authority: Torbay Council
  • Region: South West
Flamstead road

Flamsteed Road, Cambridgeshire

  • Project Team: AC Architects Cambridge Ltd, M J Driver Construction Ltd, AFP Andrew Firebrace Partnership Ltd, The Big Heat Pump Company Ltd, EPC Improvements Ltd
  • Local Authority: 3C Shared Services
  • Region: East Anglia

 
Old Gwernyfed, Powys

Old Gwernyfed, Powys

  • Project Team: Jenkinson Builders, Hook Mason Architects Ltd, Trombe Ltd
  • Local Authority: Powys County Council
  • Region: Wales
Pinn Way, London

Pinn Way, London

  • Project Team: Marshall Construction, Briaily Architects Ltd, Mr & Mrs O'Shea
  • Local Authority: London Borough of Hillingdon
  • Region: London

 
Prior Park Buildings, Somerset

Prior Park Buildings, Somerset

  • Project Team: Hetreed Ross Architects, Wraxall Builders Ltd, E&M West Ltd
  • Local Authority: Bath & North East Somerset Council
  • Region: West of England
Racescourse Road

Racecourse Road, Cheshire

  • Project Team: Baytree Construction Ltd, Forty8 Design Ltd
  • Local Authority: Cheshire East Council
  • Region: North West
Railway Terrace, Warwickshire

Railway Terrace, Warwickshire

  • Project Team: Abacus Property Group, Abacus Property Construct Ltd, Anjum Design Ltd, Zenith RK Ltd
  • Local Authority: Warwick Building Consortium
  • Region: West Midlands
Rocket House, Northumberland

Rocket House, Northumberland

  • Project Team: Napper Architects, Datim Building Contractors Ltd, JC Consulting
  • Local Authority: Northumberland County Council
  • Region: Northern

 
The Bungalow Lincolnshire

The Bungalow, Lincolnshire

  • Project Team: Jenny McIntee Architecture, Tom Skelton Brickwork Services, Smith Brickwork & Building Services Ltd, L2 Plumbing & Heating Ltd
  • Local Authority: Boston Borough Council
  • Region: East Midlands

 

 

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We invite you to join us on Friday 23 January 2026 at Grosvenor House Hotel, London.

Please click here to book your tickets! 

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