Company Information

Berringtons was formed in 1991 when three partners of Cooke & Arkwright Hereford’s office successfully completed a management buyout of that firm’s Agricultural Division. In conjunction with the late George Clive an office was established in converted farm buildings on the Whitfield Estate from where the partners operate today. Balfours with Berringtons was formed on the merger of Berringtons and Balfours in July 2010.

Hereford Office Partners

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W R A SHUTTLEWORTH BSc FRICS

William Shuttleworth has been involved in the management of agricultural Estates covering Herefordshire, Shropshire and North Wales for almost 20 years. In addition he has been involved in all other aspects of rural land management. Attended Reading University 1976- 1979. Qualified Associate of RICS in 1981. Elected Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 1994. Initially worked for Savills as Land Agent based in Banbury, Oxfordshire (1979-1985) and then Hereford (1985-1987). He moved to Cooke & Arkwright, Hereford as Senior Assistant (1987-1991) and became a founding partner of Berringtons in 1991. In July 2010 he became a partner in Balfours LLP as a result of the merger of Berringtons and Balfours.

email: williamshuttleworth@balfours.co.uk

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TIMOTHY N LEE FRICS

A Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors he has over 22 years experience in all aspects of rural estate management and general property consultancy acting on behalf of private and institutional clients and Trustees both as a Resident Agent and in Private Practice. He specialises in Rural Estate Management for private clients.

Originally from Kent, he studied at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester and qualified in 1981 as an Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors whilst working for Strutt & Parker in Canterbury and became a Fellow in 1993. He was then appointed Resident Agent on an Estate in Gloucestershire and in 1987 moved to Monmouthshire, also as a Resident Agent on a private Estate. In 1999 he joined Carter Jonas as a partner in their Hereford office and subsequently moved to the Worcester office. In July 2002 he became a director of Berringtons. In July 2010 he became a partner in Balfours LLP as a result of the merger of Berringtons and Balfours.

email: timlee@balfours.co.uk

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JULIA W PHILLIPS BSc(Hons) PgD - Assistant Land Agent

Julia joined Berringtons in 2008 having entered rural surveying through studying a Post Graduate Diploma at Harper Adams University College in 2007.

Previously a graduate of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Julia has now obtained her MRICS qualification.

Hailing from Breconshire, Julia has previously worked throughout mid-Wales in agriculture and for the Countryside Council for Wales.

email: juliaphillps@balfours.co.uk

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