The greatest design challenge lay in respecting the building’s listed constraints whilst opening it to light. A substantial garden wall, punctuated by a period gate leading to the rear garden, presented an opportunity rather than an obstacle.
Rather than disturb the existing fabric, Daniel designed a green oak timber frame extension that echoed the semicircular brick capping running the length of the wall. The oak was detailed with a lead apron dressed seamlessly into rebuilt brickwork — an elegant, resolved junction between old and new.
Opposite the extension, strategically placed rooflights flood the interior with daylight, drawing light through the full depth of the plan. Chrome-finished steel ties bind the structure together, introducing a quietly contemporary gesture within the listed framework. The material palette throughout speaks of restraint and purpose: green oak, lead, glass, and steel in conversation with period brick and existing detail.
The result is a transformation that feels inevitable rather than imposed — a home where heritage and contemporary living coexist without conflict, and where a growing family has found not only aesthetic pleasure, but genuine joy in the space.
