About the studio
Shared Meadow Conservatories works from Quiet Street on glass rooms that need to feel settled against listed streetscapes and stone gardens — not like a showroom dropped behind a Georgian plan.
Revision history
Studio milestones as a drawing revision log. Years mark when the practice changed course; notes record what shifted on the ground.
| Year | Note |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Helen Marlowe begins assisting on residential interiors across Somerset, often finishing rear glass rooms that arrived with pale rattan sets against Bath stone. |
| 2017 | First dedicated conservatory schemes: pencil sun patches on floor plans before any shopping list; focus moves from whole-house styling to glazed volumes only. |
| 2019 | Studio name Shared Meadow Conservatories adopted; work expands to Lansdown, Widcombe, and Bathwick lean-tos and garden rooms. |
| 2022 | Practice settles at 7 Quiet Street, BA1 2JS — a short walk from the Assembly Rooms and the quieter lanes behind Milsom Street. |
| 2024 | Planting and shade schedules added as standard drawing layers alongside furniture plans for listed-adjacent glass. |
| 2026 | Current sheet set published on sharedmeadow.sbs; consultations and packages priced in GBP with clear exclusions for trades and permissions. |
How site time is spent
Visits usually include measuring sill depths, noting cold spots near doors, and walking the garden edge to see how the room reads from outside. Neighbours’ roofs and trees matter as much as paint charts. Helen still marks sun patches by hand before writing recommendations.
Listed and conservation contexts
Bath’s conservation areas and listed buildings shape what sits against stone and what remains reversible. Colour, furniture scale, and planting are design choices that sit lightly on historic fabric. We do not advise on planning law, listed building consent, or building regulations — those questions belong with your architect, surveyor, or Bath & North East Somerset Council.
Who commissions the work
Homeowners in Bath and nearby villages who want a garden room used daily, not only in high summer. Architects and builders also ask for furniture, textiles, and plant planning after the glazing is in.