Poolside extension to a Grade II listed home
This imposing former rectory was originally built in the mid 19th Century from coursed ironstone rubble with pale limestone dressings, Collyweston slate roofs with coped gables and ashlar chimneys. Designed by a Lincolnshire-born architect responsible for several notable public buildings, rectories and vicarages in surrounding counties, it combines bold features with Tudor and Gothic influences. So the current owner decided to demolish the existing outbuildings and replace them with a more imposing extension and garages better befitting and sympathetic to this grand old house.
From the front of the property, the design and materials used reflect those of the original building. However, in a nod to 21st Century innovation, the garage is built on piles and beams to protect the roots of the magnificent tree that overhangs it. But from the rear, the extension, with its crisp form and zinc and slate roof, is a more contemporary design that complements the existing building instead of attempting to mimic it.
The glazed section provides a spectacular link between the original house and the extension. Rather than opting for a frameless, structural glass solution, black frames define the dramatic views, turning them into a living painting.
Normandy limestone tiles in buff flow freely from the poolside patio though into the new extension space. With their gently tumbled edges and subtly distressed face in shades ranging from cream through to ochre, they echo the ironstone and limestone walls of the original house perfectly and emphasise the brilliant azure blue tiling of the renovated swimming pool.
A large roof light with high-performance solar control glazing supplements the enormous glazed sliding doors and ensures a bright interior, even on the greyest days.
The black-framed glazed units outline far-reaching countryside views in the poolside extension, and a flush threshold ensures a smooth transition to the outside when they are open. Twenty-first Century technology provides heat via an air source pump system whilst contemporary lighting and furniture reflect the clean, modern lines of the design.
