Mallards Court

"We worked with a local brickworks to produce bricks which were laid in a Flemish bond with mortar to exactly match the existing. A local joinery company produced windows and doors to exactly match the style of the existing fenestration."

 

The Brief

We were approached by the owners of a large country house, to produce a design for an extension and alterations to form an extra lounge, garden room, kitchen and a master bedroom suite with balcony. The existing dwelling was constructed in early Victorian style, with part of the basement dating back to mediaeval times.

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Project Challenges

The brief was to produce an addition which would empathise with the existing dwelling, whist providing open plan, light filled accommodation. It was important that the new extension, blend seamlessly with the original building. 

The feasibili a design based around an internal steel frame. The feasibility study uncovered a planning constraint which required as much of the original fabric Our Work

We worked with a local brickworks to produce bricks which were laid in a Flemish bond with mortar to exactly match the existing. A local joinery company produced windows and doors to exactly match the style of the existing fenestration.

  

The Outcome

I have previously designed and constructed the main entrance gate in brick and flint with coffered niches    

We were approached by the owners of a large country house, to produce a design for the conversion of a derelict Victorian Coach House into a guest annex