This is a 1885 semi-detached ‘Sunnyside’ cottage, built in brick, limited in size for a growing family that want to stay in the area.
Enhancing the linearity of the original design, we designed visual and physical paths through the length of the plan, bringing light, a feeling of openness and ease of circulation into the home. By altering the staircase, space for a downstairs WC has been created as well as allowing landing space upstairs for a new access point into the loft from the first floor. The loft has been made into a functional storage space by the addition of a dormer window.
On the garden side of the property, an extension, that takes the lines of the original into account in it’s geometry, has been designed for use as a living room, this room has a lowered floor level, a step down from the kitchen creating transition, and opening onto the patio outside.
