Ben Pentreath

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Ben Pentreath
Born
Benjamin Toby Pentreath

November 1971
Dorchester, England
Alma mater University of Edinburgh
Spouse
Charlie McCormick
(m. 2015)
Website www.benpentreath.com

Benjamin Toby Pentreath (born November 1971) is an English architectural and interior designer who runs Ben Pentreath Ltd, an RIBA chartered practice. He is responsible for much of the development since 2009 of Poundbury. [1] [2] [3] He has also done other work for the Duchy of Cornwall, including a development in Truro. [4] Country Life magazine called him one of the "best country house architects in Britain". [5]

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As an interior designer, he has worked for t

he Princess of Wales on the refurbishment of Anmer Hall. [6]

He also runs Pentreath & Hall, which sells home furnishings.

Early life

Pentreath was born in Dorchester [7] and grew up in an old stone barn. [8] He graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1995 with a degree in Art History. He took up further studies at the Institute of Architecture. Pentreath moved to Norfolk to work for architectural designer Charles Morris, and then to New York for five years, before returning to England in 2003. [9] He set up his Bloomsbury-based architecture and design firm in 2004. [10] This was followed by his design store Pentreath & Hall in 2008.

Personal life

Pentreath married New Zealand florist Charlie McCormick in 2015. [11] The couple live between a Georgian flat in Bloomsbury, London; the Old Parsonage in Littlebredy, Dorset; and a bothy on the Argyll coast of Scotland. [12]

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