Hi again,
well in our plans for renovating/adapting the listed house we're buying we want to put a new extension on. We've chatted briefly about it to the conservation officer for the area and had a structural survey carried out by a firm specialising in period property. At the moment there is a god awful ugly 1950's extension on the back of the house, I've been told informally by the conservation officer that the property was likely listed in the 1980's (after the extension) and that we would be 'most welcome' to submit plans for something a little more sympathetic to the building, the surveyor also stated that this woudl be a logical thing to do and would improve the look of the building.
Now its at the back of the house and 2 doors down there is a full width extension in brick with a pitched roof, you can only see our courtyard (where the extension would go) by walking halfway down the unadopted track leading to the row of 6 houses, so really us, our enxt door neighbours and the next door neighboors but one would see it. The conservation office knows this and indicated there should be some flexibility in what we could do.
What we'd like to do is make it slightly bigger - its 5x4 at the moment and we'd like 7x6 - the full width one I think must be about 6x12 but we can't go that wide due to an extension next door with a side window in.
The big question is that we're turning the house around and having it open plan but with the kitchen at the front and the living area at the back - gives more privacy and more sunlight to living space + direct access onto courtyard, so we'd love to replace the extension with a conservatory lean to as an extension of living space and to blend the boundry between inside and out.
We've seen things we like from people like apropos and portland, we're thinking of something very simple and clean in line - the building its going onto is an old mill built in 1846 and divided up into tall thin terrace of houses in the victorian era. It would look ridiculus (in my mind) to try for something obviuosly 'period' as there really aren't any period features except the simple age of the building. What I mean by that is that a victorian or in anyway ornate structure woudl look obviuosly fake and a bit silly. As the original building is very simple in line I think that a modern extension using the same simple lines building in glass and stone would look fab.
Has anyone done anythign liek this - and has anyone any tips or recomendations for firms to look at etc?
well in our plans for renovating/adapting the listed house we're buying we want to put a new extension on. We've chatted briefly about it to the conservation officer for the area and had a structural survey carried out by a firm specialising in period property. At the moment there is a god awful ugly 1950's extension on the back of the house, I've been told informally by the conservation officer that the property was likely listed in the 1980's (after the extension) and that we would be 'most welcome' to submit plans for something a little more sympathetic to the building, the surveyor also stated that this woudl be a logical thing to do and would improve the look of the building.
Now its at the back of the house and 2 doors down there is a full width extension in brick with a pitched roof, you can only see our courtyard (where the extension would go) by walking halfway down the unadopted track leading to the row of 6 houses, so really us, our enxt door neighbours and the next door neighboors but one would see it. The conservation office knows this and indicated there should be some flexibility in what we could do.
What we'd like to do is make it slightly bigger - its 5x4 at the moment and we'd like 7x6 - the full width one I think must be about 6x12 but we can't go that wide due to an extension next door with a side window in.
The big question is that we're turning the house around and having it open plan but with the kitchen at the front and the living area at the back - gives more privacy and more sunlight to living space + direct access onto courtyard, so we'd love to replace the extension with a conservatory lean to as an extension of living space and to blend the boundry between inside and out.
We've seen things we like from people like apropos and portland, we're thinking of something very simple and clean in line - the building its going onto is an old mill built in 1846 and divided up into tall thin terrace of houses in the victorian era. It would look ridiculus (in my mind) to try for something obviuosly 'period' as there really aren't any period features except the simple age of the building. What I mean by that is that a victorian or in anyway ornate structure woudl look obviuosly fake and a bit silly. As the original building is very simple in line I think that a modern extension using the same simple lines building in glass and stone would look fab.
Has anyone done anythign liek this - and has anyone any tips or recomendations for firms to look at etc?
