No. 1

A pair of modest extensions and a set of strategic internal interventions help reorganise and reorientate this 1970s estate home set on a prominent but challenging corner site within a Conservation Area of a south Suffolk village.  A welcoming new front entrance extension creates a point of arrival and hierarchy and transforms the experience and circulation of the now more open-plan interior domestic spaces as well as the site.

The majority of the existing fabric is retained and carefully balanced with minimal alterations to improve the quality of space and reinforce connections to the two courtyard gardens.  A new stair is reconfigured within the existing double-height volume to economically facilitate an additional double bedroom enlarged from a small dressing room at first floor level and the steeply pitched original dormer of the master bedroom is remade to improve daylight and proportions within the accommodation.

The house is clad in a simple palette of vertical timber cladding, self-coloured render and new composite windows improving its thermal performance and relationship with the character of the surrounding historic settlement while remaining distinctly modern.

Photography Cristina Granena