Conservation of former gatehouse to Knebworth Estate

Conservation of former gatehouse to Knebworth Estate

Conservation of former gatehouse to Knebworth Estate Client:  Private Client  | near Codicote Conservation and repair of a listed gatehouse built by Lady Lytton in 1817 after demolishing a large section of Knebworth House – recycling the Tudor materials.  It was...
Hemel Hempstead Methodist Church Buildings

Hemel Hempstead Methodist Church Buildings

Hemel Hempstead Methodist Church Buildings Client:  HHMC  I  Hemel Hempstead Set into a restricted, steep, sloping site, surrounded by homes and by a busy road.  Using the fall of the site, the church sits under one all-enveloping roof, as favoured by the Methodist...
Extension to Victorian terraced cottage

Extension to Victorian terraced cottage

Extension to Victorian terraced cottage Client:  Private Client  | Welwyn A small terraced cottage opens up to the rolling countryside beyond. Green Belt restrictions – the project won an Appeal. Restrictions forced exacting and careful use of the space –...
Repairs and Alterations to listed former Rectory

Repairs and Alterations to listed former Rectory

Repairs and Alterations to listed former Rectory Client:  Private Client  | Hertfordshire The house, with back areas dating from the C18 , was built in the 1830s and progressively extended in the 19C and the early 20C. Formerly a Rectory, the front garden was also the...
Thatched Barn Conversion

Thatched Barn Conversion

Thatched Barn Conversion Client:  Private Client  | Letchworth A unique listed, thatched barn – found on the point of collapse, was brought into family use as a linked annex to the main house – being within 1m of the existing conservatory. We carried out...
Repairs and Conservation to a flint house

Repairs and Conservation to a flint house

Repairs and Conservation to a flint house Client:  Private  |  St Albans Alarming gaps were opening up in the rear wall of this house as the two skins of flint that formed it were splitting apart. This was exacerbated by the rotting of the ends of the floor joists, so...
Alterations to 1950’s house

Alterations to 1950’s house

Alterations to 1950’s house Client:  Private Client  | Welwyn Carefully designed alterations on a modest budget to a 1950’s house to improve the kitchen and dining areas and yet be in keeping with the original design. A deceptively simple but rewarding project in...
An Eco-house

An Eco-house

An Eco-house Client:  Private Client  | New Forest This house is designed to respond both to its location and to be sustainable. The site is level at first but then falls away as woodland. Our design concept responds to this by screening the woodland view at the...
Studio and Stair Extensions to the Barn Theatre

Studio and Stair Extensions to the Barn Theatre

Studio and Stair Extensions to the Barn Theatre Client:  Barn Theatre Trust  I  Welwyn Garden City A modest extension to the existing ‘studio’ that has transformed a previously small and unsuitable space to form a new Studio theatre and rehearsal space. The heritage...