About us

The Practice

As local architects to Frome and Wells, who have experience of contemporary design, conservation of Listed buildings and project management, we aspire to pursue the following principals:

We believe that a good working relationship between client, architect and the rest of the team is crucial to the success of a project. As a practice with a wide range of expertise we are able to draw on the our experience to provide you with a professional solution. 

We are committed to working with our clients to develop and realise the full potential of their requirements and to provide innovative design solutions which are carefully planned and cost controlled.

We are a small practice and remain intentionally so. We enjoy working directly with our clients from the beginning to end of each project and feel that this allows the project to benefit from our experience and the continuity that this can bring.

We take care to produce sustainable design solutions with a sensitive approach to the site and its context whether we are working on existing buildings, including those that are Listed, or new build.

The practice regularly liaises with professional consultants to provide a multi-disciplinary service covering most aspects of the industry.

The Office

Meet the Team

  • Josephine qualified as an architect in Paris in 2000, and has since worked in the UK on a wide range of projects from residential extensions to one off houses, as well as housing development and small commercial work. Josephine became a partner at CJ architects in October 2011.


  • Helen completed a BSc followed by a BArch in 1995 from the Welsh School of Architecture in Cardiff before completing post graduate studies in Conservation and History in Paris in 1997. She has worked on a range of domestic, housing and conservation projects. After working for 8 years in other practices specialising in historic buildings and 8 years working for herself she joined CJ Architects as a partner in October 2011.