Simon Herrick

Simon Thomas Herrick, the founder of Simon Herrick Chartered Architect, is a distinguished architect with extensive experience in the field. He pursued his architectural education at Leeds and Birmingham Schools of Architecture, while also completing a degree in economics and social history at the University of Surrey in Guildford. His illustrious career began at Birmingham City Council Architects' Department and Walsall Borough Council Architects' Department, before he ventured into private practice. He has worked for esteemed architects such as Alan McChesney AIA in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and Bob Harrison RIBA in North London.

Before establishing his practice in Stratford-on-Avon in 1988, Simon served as the Conservation Architect at Solihull Council in the West Midlands. His most notable achievement during this tenure was the designation of Ashleigh Road as a Conservation Area. In addition to his architectural work, Simon has written several books and publications and has contributed to works by other authors, mainly in association with Alan Sutton Publishing in Gloucestershire. He occasionally teaches and lectures, and his work is inspired by his hometown of Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire, particularly Ozleworth Church.

Services

Simon Herrick Chartered Architect offers a comprehensive range of services, from sketch designs to completion. The firm provides Planning and Building Regulation permissions, technical calculations, planning appeals, and expert witness statements. The firm also offers Building Contract administration and payment certification, Conservation Area and Listed Building assessment, joinery fittings and bespoke furniture, and architectural models.

The firm has extensive experience in a wide variety of projects, including private houses, domestic extensions and restorations (especially of listed buildings), apartments, barn conversions, TV studios, sound recording studios, swimming pools, car showrooms, factories, squash courts, night clubs, sports pavilions, village halls, hotels, crematoriums, chapels and churches, summer houses, potting sheds, and even pig sties. Simon Herrick Chartered Architect works in association with Susanna Brown, Landscape Architect, Tony Clewett FRICS, Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Michael Jones MRTPI, Planning Consultant, Philip Jones FNAEA, Valuer & Property Consultant, and Mike Westwood BSc, CEng, MIStructE, Chartered Structural Engineer, to deliver high-quality architectural services.