specialists in historic landscape:

                      Mediaeval and formal

                      Conservation Management Plans

In the beginning therewere five of us, and by about 1981 we had already worked on a number of landscapes - Wimpole, Ickworth, Blickling and Felbrigg for the National Trust, as well as Castle Bromwich Hall, Painshill and Osborne House, and we were mucking about in the pub, trying to think of a name for what was becoming a business. We were tired, and when John said 'how about 'Debois', as in 'De boys'll be round for de dough'. that was it, and the name has been with us ever since.

The moral of this story is that you should never muck about. So, if you're interested in us, or in landscape, send an email.

To Click here to download John Phibbs' FT article More Than Capable (August 20th 2011). Click here to read the article online. 

 johnphibbs@debois.org.uk                                          nickowen@debois.org.uk 

Ashmeads House, Chalford, GL6 8JL                 Mallowburn Cottages,Wark-upon-Tyne, NE48 3NX                                                                                                                                            01285 760403                                                                          01434 681084

The photograph that forms the backdrop of this page is of Eastnor Castle. We wrote a Conservation Management Plan  for the estate in 2010