Busy professionals
needed more space for family, living and working.
The
new construction matched the original with 2nd hand bricks, cast
stone lintels and cills and softwood sash windows
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The
Victorian house is built of yellow bricks to the front with
stone cills and lintels and red bricks to the rear and side
elevations. The site is in a sensitive Conservation Area - only
some 200 yards from the birthplace of Edward the Confessor - and
the rear has wonderful views over the fields to the
northwest.
The
design had to juggle many factors. The planners required a set
back between the original and new extensions.Also because the
shower room was better situated over the study, rather than the
utility room, drainage and pipe runs had to be doubled up. This
meant that the rear elevations needed careful 'balancing'.
The
new two-storey construction has added a shower-room, an extra
bedroom a Utility/Cloakroom and a study, which leads into the
garden through large french doors. In addition the kitchen was
extended - so as to increase space whilst retaining views of the
garden.
The
biggest problem on site though was the large underground water
tank that was much bigger than expected. The local
archaeologists, as required under the planning permission,
supervised the excavation as the site is in an area of
historical interest. Our disappointment in not finding anything
significant was offset by the relief that work could continue as
planned!
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