Francis Terry and Associates

26/03/2025

https://ftanda.co.uk/thoughts/quinlan-terrys-life-in-architecture/

This video is an interview between me and my father Quinlan Terry CBE, discussing the many unforgettable moments in his highly successful sixty-year career. His life has seen classical and traditional architecture change from being derided as a joke and even immoral in the ‘50s and ‘60s, to its adoption by Prince Charles and the Post-Modern movement in the ‘80s, and now its total acceptance.

As well as an investigation into these broad cultural trends, Quinlan recounts many of the amusing anecdotes that punctuated his career: these include, working with Profumo during the scandal, collaborating with Sir Anthony Blunt on researching Renaissance architecture, and being in Libya measuring Roman ruins at the time of the Gaddafi coup d’état.

With a broad variety of topics discussed, this interview will interest architects and non-architects alike.

This video is an interview between Francis and his father Quinlan Terry CBE, discussing the many unforgettable moments in his highly successful sixty-year career.

06/12/2024

Clandon Park in Surrey, is one of the great houses of the Georgian era, which tragically burnt down in 2015. The beautiful interior, which included some of the best plasterwork of the period was destroyed. Fortunately, insurance was in place to restore it back to what it was. It would be a restoration, similar in spirit to the much praised restoration of Notre Dame in Paris, or Uppark in Sussex. Unfortunately, the National Trust, does not want to do this, instead they have now submitted a planning proposal that leaves Clandon’s interior a ruin with fire-blackened bricks, unsympathetic modern walkways, and intrusive kiosks and a lift shaft, leaving the fine baroque interiors unrestored. This scheme must be stopped and we have until 20th December to write in to the planners to voice our reservations. PLEASE WRITE! EVERY EMAIL COUNTS! Follow link for details.
https://www.restoretrust.org.uk/clandon-park

03/02/2023

Here are some excellent CGIs of a recent project of ours. The great thing about CGI is the ability to give clients alternatives before committing to a design.

04/01/2023

Nice to be quoted in The Times…

I had a new client the other day who phoned up and told me only two things: the size he wanted in square feet and that it had to be energy efficient,” says Fran

24/08/2022

Here’s a cgi of a design we have been working on recently. It’s full throttle unapologetic Classicism!

15/06/2022

You have until TOMORROW to respond to National Grid's consultation on a 180km power line that slices through East Anglia. We are calling for it to be in a strategic offshore grid instead. Follow link to sign
https://www.pylonseastanglia.co.uk

06/06/2022

Here’s what I would do if commissioned to improve the front facade of Buckingham Palace, inspired by a fun little competition organised by Country Life Magazine. It even made the hallowed pages of the Daily Mail see link https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10855321/Country-Life-six-architects-jazz-Buckingham-Palace-ROBERT-HARDMAN-inspects-designs.html

22/04/2022

To see my zoom lecture about sketching from childhood to the present day, follow link

Francis gave a zoom talk on his sketching through the decades to the Traditional Architects Group recently.Sketchbooks have always been a critical part of an...

16/03/2022

I’m doing a zoom lecture about sketching, leafing through my sketchbooks going back forty years. It is at 7pm on Thursday 31st March organised by Traditional Architecture Group. If you wish to tune in, follow link to prebook tickets. http://traditionalarchitecturegroup.org/events/2022/3/31/tag-talk-15-a-life-in-sketchbooks-by-francis-terry

08/12/2021

Many people, perhaps you, would love to build yourself a new house in the country where you could live with your family and work from home in rural tranquility. It is perhaps the English dream. The problem is getting planning permission. But don’t despair, NPPF paragraph 80e is the planning legislation which is specifically written to allow this to happen. The clause states that the new house has to be an ‘exceptional’ work of architecture and so it is not easy to get planning permission… but not impossible. In this video architect Francis Terry and planning specialist Martin Leay discuss how this can be done in practical terms using examples of their many past successes of ‘paragraph 80e’ houses.

Francis Terry and Martin Leay discuss the NPPF paragraph 80e planning legislation clause. NPPF paragraph 80e permits exceptional new houses in the country.

28/10/2021

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I needed to get a puncture on my daughter’s bike repaired and so I went to the Bike Doctor in East Bergholt. He said I’ll have this done in ten minutes. But what could I do in East Bergholt for ten minutes? I thought I would go and visit the church.

03/10/2021

Very excited that my blog has been shortlisted for an award. See link https://ftanda.co.uk/category/blog/