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Contemporary Classic country homes, rooted in stone, landscape and tradition. Lancashire & Yorkshire.

06/11/2026

Thinking of replacing a tired house in the countryside with something better?

I’ve put together a short guide covering what planners look for, the mistakes to avoid and how the process usually runs.

Comment HOME and I’ll send it over.

06/11/2026

If you own a tired or poorly built house in the countryside, national policy now gives more room to replace it with something better.

The good cases are made before anything is drawn. Swipe through for what planners look for.

04/11/2026

Long evenings are giving way to early lamplight.

A stone path, a lit doorway and planting that softens the walls are the details that make a house feel like home.

02/11/2026

A home should look as though it grew from its land: local stone, a low roofline, and a garden that runs right up to the door.

We design country homes and their gardens across Lancashire and Yorkshire.

31/10/2026

A bespoke dwelling we obtained planning permission for on a Grey Belt site, formally a Green Belt site.

The proper sits on a sloping site with views across Foulridge Reservoir, single storey and modest at the front with a two storey elevation to the rear.

Another example of us doing what we do best, luxury homes on difficult site that are beautifully designed, and detailed to be built.

30/10/2026

Happy Halloween from Habitat. 🎃

Not ghosts, just the things that genuinely haunt building projects: drawings that can't be built, budgets nobody checked, and the five most expensive words in construction, "We'll sort it on site."

Swipe for the five we see most, and how we keep them away from our clients' homes.

Designed to be beautiful. Detailed to be built.

30/10/2026

No skeletons here. Just good bones. 🎃

Concept one for a new countryside home, straight from the sketchbook.

Before anything goes near a computer, every room is placed around the sun, the views and how the family will actually live. The arrows show how the rooms connect, and the long lines show where the views open up. A plan has to work on paper first.

That's where a home gets its good bones.

Planning a new home in Lancashire or Yorkshire? A first conversation costs nothing.

Designed to be beautiful. Detailed to be built.

29/10/2026

Stealth Performance: traditional stone homes in Lancashire and Yorkshire, designed to perform like a modern new build. 🦇

Some things are best when you can’t see them.

Our country homes look like they’ve always been there. Local stone, slate roofs and stone surrounds, with proportions that suit the Ribble Valley, the Forest of Bowland and the Yorkshire Dales.

What you don’t see is how they perform. Warm, even rooms. Fresh air without draughts. Comfortable in a heatwave. Quiet inside. Low energy bills.

That comes from designing to Building Regulations from the very first sketch, not adding them at the end. Heat loss, sunlight, ventilation and access shape the form of the house before anyone sees a render. So the home that gets planning permission is the home that performs.

There’s no bolt-on kit spoiling the roof line, and no compromise on how a traditional house looks to make it energy efficient.

That’s Stealth Performance. Planners get a home that respects the countryside. You get the comfort.

Whether you’re planning a new stone house, a replacement dwelling or a barn conversion in Lancashire or North Yorkshire, a first conversation costs nothing.

Designed to be beautiful. Detailed to be built.

📍 Clitheroe, Ribble Valley

28/10/2026

Something’s stirring in Clitheroe… 👀

Address

Ribble Court, 1 Mead Way, Shuttleworth Mead Business Park
Padiham
BB127

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 4pm

Telephone

+441200420866

Website

http://www.habitat-architecture.co.uk/

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