BLACK HOUSE

To create a family bathroom, a fourth bedroom, a ground floor guest suite, improved access to the garden, a new kitchen and living area, and update the exterior elements of the roof, gutters and windows. All within a defined budget.

The property is a mid-war, architect-designed house, that imbued many modern features for the period in which it was built. There were interesting 1960's modifications.  However, the property had suffered at the hands of previous owners who had added a rear extension which obscured views into the garden and had installed a ground-floor shower room that congested the main flow of the ground floor.

We aimed to allow the existing features to flourish while improving the flow to the ground floor and the all important connection to the mature garden. 

The removal of the clutter to the entrance enabled an original double-height stair gallery to breathe while demolishing the ground floor shower room provided the space for a generous, light filled entrance. The brave removal of the majority of the rear extension enabled the construction of a vaulted kitchen, dining and living space. 

The choice of cladding chosen to link the building with its rural environment was carefully selected to stitch the old in with the new.