An industrial shed, a mountain of apples and timber rescued from old vats and barrels might not sound like the ingredients for a welcoming shop, but at Dunkertons they came together in a rather good blend. For Week 31 of our #40Projects40Weeks series, we are returning to Dunkertons Cider, where a growing family business needed […]
How do you turn a 35-metre stone barn into a comfortable home when it climbs more than two metres from one end to the other, its historic character must be protected and opportunities for adding windows are decidedly limited? For week 30 of our #40Projects40Weeks series, we are returning to Duke’s Barn in Monmouthshire, where […]
The River Wye is one of Hereford’s greatest assets, although over the years it has not shown much respect for property boundaries. For Week 29 of our #40Projects40Weeks series, we are looking at Gwynne House and Warehouse, where an ambitious riverside warehouse conversion helped rescue two deteriorating buildings and establish a new destination beside the […]
On 18 September 2014, eight hydraulic jacks, several towers of hardwood blocks and a group of people trying to look considerably calmer than they felt, gathered beneath one of the Thames’s most recognisable buildings, and they were ready to raise the roof – and the ceilings, the doors, the walls, infact the whole kit and […]
The right setting and generous rooms do not automatically make a property feel like home. If the routes between everyday spaces feel awkward, the lighting is gloomy and black timber beams make the atmosphere oppressive, even a promising country house can feel unwelcoming. For Week 27 of our #40Projects40Weeks series, we are looking at how […]
On the final evening of 1999, Ford Abbey had become part construction site and part contingency bunker, prepared for the moment when the clocks reached midnight and, according to some of the more alarming predictions, computer systems around the world might simply stop working. At the client’s request, every current drawing was printed, electronic files […]
For one Gloucestershire farming family, converting farm buildings offered a way to prevent their historic farmstead from falling into decay, diversify the business and create a lasting asset for future generations. Once the cows had moved out, the old sheds and barns still had plenty of life left in them for a new chapter. […]
The brief for Princes Road was clear, take a neglected, outdated end-terrace and renovate it on a tight budget, with the aim of maximising the value and selling for more than any other two-bedroom house on the street. There was no opportunity to extend and no budget for errors. The project needed an intelligent layout, […]
Zenith takes its place in our series on 13 August, as the Perseid meteor shower reaches its annual peak. As ‘zenith’ describes both the point in the sky directly overhead and the highest point or peak, the timing feels particularly fitting for a house set high on a steep Cheltenham hillside. The challenge of building […]
When our client decided to swap London for a country home, friendship gave her a very good reason to Skenfrith. The Old Shop had already caught her imagination, despite being virtually derelict and requiring considerably more work than a straightforward move might normally involve. She could see beyond its dilapidated condition and had fallen in […]
