Conservation refurbishment & Extension, White Lodge

This project involves restoring and extending a listed Georgian house. The brief was to design a contemporary extension that complements and enhances the existing house. 

The extension comprises three elements, varying in height and form, which wrap around the existing house. A single-story zinc and timber-clad volume containing the open-plan kitchen and living area is separated from the existing house by a glass link that encloses a new west-facing rear courtyard. This part of the extension is separate from but runs parallel to the existing home, and 

The pitched roof was designed to reflect the existing pitched roof, but clad in zinc to highlight its contemporary nature.

The glass link between the new pitched roof extension and the original house was designed to be a low-key, minimal connection to the existing house. It is a very ‘light touch’ intervention in the existing house, involving very little fabric disruption and protecting the structure.

The two-storey timber-clad extension to the gable extends the master bedroom on the first floor and the study on the ground floor and helps contain the new west-facing courtyard. This extension was designed to complement the existing house and the new extension to the rear.

While contemporary in nature, the extension complements the existing Georgian house without compromising the requirements of modern family life.