Janine Stone & Co — Since 1987
Country House Architects
English country houses — new build, replacement dwelling and restoration — with architecture, interiors and construction from one studio.
Begin a ConversationThe New Country House
English country houses, new and restored
A new country house is the rarest of commissions: a home conceived from the first pencil line around one family's way of living, set in its landscape as though it had always belonged there. We design, plan and build new country houses across the Cotswolds, the Home Counties and beyond — classical compositions in cut stone, houses in the local vernacular, and modern country houses of glass and oak — with architecture, country house interiors and construction conceived as one idea. Securing the site is candidly the hardest part of English planning; we have written honestly about the routes that actually work, and our complimentary Clarity appraisals assess a property's true potential before you commit to purchase. Not every country house commission begins with a blank sheet: much of our work is the restoration of listed and period country houses, or the remodelling of a house that has good bones and a poor plan. The discipline is the same either way — and the interiors are designed alongside the architecture rather than after it.
One Studio, Three Disciplines
Architecture, interiors and construction
Residential Architecture
Country house architecture from first sketch to consent — new-build, replacement dwelling and transformative extension, with planning strategy handled in-house.
Explore architecture →Interior Design
English country house and modern country interiors, designed with the architecture rather than after it.
Explore country interiors →Construction Management
Open-book cost control and single-point accountability, however remote the setting.
Explore construction →What Happens Next
How a country house commission begins
The most expensive mistakes in country house building are made on the day of purchase, not on site. We would rather be involved before that.
The site, honestly assessed
Before you commit to a purchase we test what the land and the planning position will actually allow — replacement dwelling, extension or new build — rather than what you would like them to allow.
A house, not a style
We design around how your family lives and how the land falls. Classical, vernacular or modern follows from that, and from what the setting will carry.
One team through to handover
Architecture, interiors and construction under a single contract and a single point of contact — however remote the site.
Our Portfolio — Completed Work
Selected country projects
A few of the country houses we have designed, restored and built — from wholly new houses to the reinvention of listed and period homes. See the full architecture portfolio.
Buy & Refurbish — Country Estates
Country houses and sites currently for sale
A selection of country properties we have identified for their design potential — including houses whose true value is the site itself: settings suited to a replacement dwelling, or to transformation into something exceptional. Through our Clarity pre-purchase service we assess what a property could become before you commit to it.
Roding Lane, Chigwell IG7
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Eynsham Mill Estate, Oxfordshire OX29
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Priors Side, Peasemore, Berkshire RG20
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Fairacre, Camden Park Road, Chislehurst BR7
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Folliotts, River Road, Taplow, Maidenhead
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Saddlewood Manor, Tetbury, Gloucestershire
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The Principals
Husband and wife led, since 1987
Janine Stone & Co has been led by its founders, Janine and Gideon Stone, since 1987. Over nearly four decades the studio has built enduring relationships with — and designed, managed and delivered projects for — some of the most discerning private clients in Britain and beyond.
Janine Stone & Co is named among Country Life's best interior designers in Britain, and the studio's work has been published by House & Garden, Tatler and the Financial Times.
If you are still weighing a site or a purchase, our early development appraisal sets out what is realistically achievable — planning headroom included — before you commit.
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Common Questions
Country House Architects, answered
What does Janine Stone & Co offer for country houses?
Everything a significant house requires: residential architecture, country house interior design and construction management, delivered as one studio. Commissions range from wholly new country houses to the restoration and remodelling of listed and period homes.
Do you take on new build as well as restoration?
Both, in roughly equal measure. New country houses are designed from a blank sheet around the family and the land; restorations carry the added discipline of conservation, with listed-building consent handled by our architects in-house.
Do you provide the interior design as well as the architecture?
Yes. The interiors are designed alongside the architecture rather than after it, by the same studio — the reason our houses feel of one mind from the gates to the smallest room.
How is the build itself managed?
By our own construction management team, on an open-book basis: every cost transparent and reconciled against an agreed programme. One senior team carries the project from first sketch to handover, under a single point of contact.
Where do you work?
Across England — the Cotswolds, the Home Counties and wherever a significant house calls for it — from our London studio, with selected projects overseas.
How does a commission usually begin?
With a conversation, and then a visit. If you have not yet purchased, our complimentary Clarity appraisal gives you a senior view of a property's true potential — planning headroom included — before you commit.
Many of the houses we are proudest of have never been photographed for anyone but their owners. Discretion is not a service we offer; it is how the studio works.
Planning a new country house?
Whether you are searching for the site, weighing a purchase or ready to begin designing, we would be glad to discuss how we can help create an exceptional country home.
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