Northern Mark Architects
Crafted bespoke homes, guided by a calm, trusted process.
Welcome to Northern Mark.
We help landowners and homeowners create one-off homes that genuinely belong to their setting, and work beautifully for everyday life.
Rooted in Lancashire, working across the North West and beyond.
A home that fits you & your life.
From first ideas to handover, we bring clarity to decisions and care to the detail — so your home feels right, and the journey stays steady.
A bespoke home isn’t just a layout. It’s light, proportion, material and the small decisions that make everyday life better. We craft the design carefully — and protect it with a clear, staged process so you always know what happens next.
The key principles we follow:
Early clarity to reduce uncertainty and avoid costly wrong turns
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Crafted, bespoke design shaped around you and your setting
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Calm guidance through clear stages and checkpoints
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Our Services
Before a line is drawn, we work to understand what the site can support, how planners are likely to respond, and where design quality strengthens the case.
Choose the kind of project you’re planning
A home designed around how you live, and how the site wants to be used.
Sensitive, character-led conversions with modern comfort and performance.
Thoughtful extensions and alterations, balancing heritage with modern living.
Design-led proposals where context and policy shape what’s possible.
Sensitive settings, steady guidance.
Some projects need extra care because the setting is sensitive — rural contexts, heritage, or sites where every decision carries weight.
We help you understand what’s realistically achievable early, then guide the project forward with calm clarity and thoughtful design.
The most common situations we handle:
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Previous refusals or complex site conditions.
Planning policy sensitivity and rural settings.
Heritage, conservation and listed context.
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Selected Work
A small selection of recent projects — each one crafted for its setting, and guided through a clear route from brief to build.
Honeywall Lane
Paragraph 84 home
Red Thorn House
Conservation Area Extension
Orchard Barn
Barn Conversion
Our process in seven stages.
Designing and building a bespoke home is exciting — but it’s easy to feel uncertain without a clear plan.
We work in seven calm stages, with regular checkpoints and plain-English advice, so you know what’s next and what you’ll receive — from concept and planning through technical design, site support and handover.
We start by understanding you.
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We explore ideas together.
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We guide you through planning.
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We make it clear and buildable.
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We support you on site.
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We help you close out the build.
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We’re here after you move in.
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Experience, applied with care.
With 17 years experience delivering residential projects, we bring calm structure to decisions that matter — from early feasibility to planning, technical design and construction support.
ARB registered, and experienced in sensitive settings — without losing focus on what matters most: a home that feels right to live in.
Start with a feasibility consultation.
A focused first step to bring calm clarity to your project — before you commit serious resources.
You’ll leave with:
Recommended next steps to move ahead with confidence
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A clear view of constraints and opportunities
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Realistic options and a sensible route forward
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