Grade II listed house extension & remodel
Remodelling and Extension to Grade II Listed House, Northamptonshire
Client brief
Situated within a Northamptonshire village, this property is a Grade II listed, seven bedroom home which dates back to approximately 1840. Set in two hectares of gardens and overlooking paddocks, the house is built in a traditional Georgian style using conventional construction materials such as coursed rubble stone with Ashlar detailing. Alongside the main house were a number of ancillary outbuildings including a garage and gym.
The owners asked us to to refurbish the property in order to reorganise the way the house flows and functions. They also wished to replace the existing garage and gym with an architecturally designed swimming pool extension.
The process
The swimming pool and linking corridor were both designed by our team to sit comfortably alongside the house and in context to the property and surrounding farm buildings. When designing the proposed extension and refurbishment, we were careful to consider the various constraints of the property, ensuring that the current driveway remained much the same, while increasing the size of the entrance way so there is more room for cars to pull in off the road.
Whilst much of the existing internal layout remains the same we have reconfigured the house to make it work far better as a family home. The owners previously entered the house through the back door and wanted to reinstate the front door. With the front door now prioritised, there is an axial view, upon entering, of three directions; south to the stairs and reception rooms, east to the kitchen and pool extension and west to the utility rooms. The kitchen has been moved from the west to the east wing, and is now the heart of the home with all the benefits of natural light and context within the site. The west wing has been opened up for space for boot rooms and laundry.
The result
Work has now been completed and the owners are delighted to be back in their beautiful family home, with the new flow inside the house and the new connecting pool and gym extension outside. Design work is sympathetic with the existing historic fabric, reinstating the original layout to the house. The result is an elegant intervention to this prime example of a Grade II listed building.
News updates
14 Sep '20
You have been dreaming about your ideal property for as long as you can remember and you now own a plot of land with the potential to turn that dream into a reality.
10 Dec '19
2019 has been another busy year for our architects in Oxford and as the year draws to a close, we take a look back at some of the exciting architectural designs they have been working on.
7 Oct '19
As the pool house and gym completes on site, our Cotswold architects revisit this impressive Grade II listed extension and refurbishment.
18 Feb '19
Our clients approached our Oxford architects wanting to reconfigure their stunning Grade II listed house in Northamptonshire.
3 Aug '18
When our clients approached us requesting an update to their beautiful Grade II listed house in Northamptonshire we were keen to create a unique architectural design which would blend both the old…
19 Feb '18
The existing garaging and terracing on this Grade II listed house have now been demolished. The house has been stripped out and the foundations are now being laid for the new pool and gym building…