Apartment Conversion

Project details

We converted this Grade II Listed building to form 10 apartments, breathing new life into an historic structure that has been empty for over four years.

The original house dates between mid to late 18th century, which was later extended in the early part of the 19th century.

It was remodelled and further extended late 19th century. We removed an unsafe conservatory, unsympathetic fire escape and poor quality ground floor extensions, which enhanced the external appearance of the listed building.

Some internal remodelling was required to form the apartments but the main structural elements, historic fabric, layout and circulation of the building was retained.

A new build element was added to the right hand side of the entrance to form a ground floor dwelling (in the place of the removed conservatory).

It would have been fairly common place during the Victorian era for a country house such as this to have a sheltered structure to grow, protect and display plants year-round.

The desire to cultivate rare and tender plants is an integral part of our horticultural history. This would have taken the form of a glass house, which we interrupted in a more contemporary way with a simple structure with a lean-to roof meeting the walled garden leading to the rear of the property.

We feel this added a very attractive and authentic feature to the new refurbished building, and was actually the first apartment to sell.