Mantell Ritchie

Mantell Ritchie Chartered Architects is a long-established practice based in the Royal Burgh of Banff in the North East of Scotland. Our aim is to provide clients with an efficient, professional service, to meet client requirements and to give value for money.

Our practice philosophy is based on maintaining a close relationship with our clients, ensuring that their brief is fully understood and met in a creative and innovative way. We offer a full architectural service, from brief development and feasibility studies through design to project construction and final account. Our team of staff have the skills and technical ability to ensure our clients receive the best service possible.

We are particularly experienced in the field of conservation work in restoring, upgrading and sympathetically extending listed buildings. We also offer services including Quinquennial Surveys of church properties and preparation of title deed plans.

Our design team works on Vectorworks and using an Apple Mac based programme capable of converting to Auto CADD format and can prepare 3-dimensional representations of projects using Sketch Up. We maintain a Professional Indemnity Insurance policy.

History

The Practice of Mantell Ritchie was formerly known as Meldrum & Mantell, Chartered Architects, but when Michael Ritchie MSc, B.Arch, RIBA, ARIAS, became a partner in 2004, the name was changed. Mantell Ritchie is a long established Practice having been formed by Banff architect, John J Meldrum, in 1948. In 1975 the Practice name was changed to Meldrum & Mantell when Henry J L Mantell became a partner.

The Practice has carried out many different types of contract over the years. Mr Mantell received an Accreditation in Conservation from the RIBA in 1998 and the company has been involved in many local historical projects over the years. In keeping with this Michael Ritchie gained an MSc in Building Conservation (Technology and Management) in 2003. Mr Ritchie is now the owner of the Practice of Mantell Ritchie and Mr Mantell retired from the company in 2005. Mr Ritchie received his Conservation Accreditation from RIAS in 2012 and his Certified Design approved in 2016.

Services

Mantell Ritchie work on both residential and commercial sectors, but predominantly in the domestic sector designing alteration, extension and new build residential properties. We consult with our clients very closely, making sure the clients' brief can be achieved in a creative and innovative way. A full architectural service is provided from brief development and feasibility studies through design to project construction and final account.

We are particularly experienced in the field of conservation work in restoring, upgrading and sympathetically extending listed buildings. We also offer services including Quinquennial Surveys of church properties and preparation of title deed plans.

Projects

Our projects include a variety of new builds, conversions, and extensions of residential properties. We have also worked on commercial and non-domestic projects, as well as conservation and restoration work. Some of our recent projects include:

• 122 Harbour Road: Alter and extend an existing 2 storey dwellinghouse in Gardenstown's Conservation Area
• 3 Sandyhill Gardens: We not only designed the house and garage we designed garden walls etc and also a 'wishing well' over drainage pumps
• 8 Hill Street, Portsoy: To create a contemporary dwellinghouse in Portsoy's Conservation Area
• Anvil House: We have subsequently prepared designs for a separate garage / workshop on the site
• Blairshinnoch House: The works also included converting part of a steading to additional accommodation and a sun lounge extension
• Castle of Cullen: The site at Castle of Cullen is on the ground of an older listed property on the site which was devastated by fire and prior to that a castle
• Danshillock: Alter and extend an existing farmhouse
• Doocot Park: To design various individual dwelling houses for Phase 3 of a housing development at Colleonard