The existing building is a two-storey detached property built in the 1945 to 1950s as a pair of properties to infill a gap in the existing streetscape of the houses. The property is constructed of a red-brown brick and render finish with a clay plain tiled roof with deep eaves. The front has a projecting gable elevation that drops the roof plane over the existing entrance porch. In addition, there are a series of hipped tiled roof dormers at the front and the back.

The building has been adapted over the years with the previously granted extensions, and the change of building materials does not sit sympathetically with the original dwelling. There are expressions of stonework, creasing tile features, and then change of levels in brickwork at the base and render to the top half. This gives the house a character that we wanted to maintain when adapting the front and allow anything new to blend sympathetically. This is a crucial factor in our proposal and something we have carefully consider and worked into and generated into a subtle design.

The proposal sees the following changes to the property to create an accessible home for this young family:

• Front entrance porch and ramped access into the interior.
• Rear adaptions and landscaping with ramped access to the lowered garden area.
• Internal adaptions with a new platform lift and new staircase.
• Wider internal doorways and new fixtures and fittings.

The design has been developed to work around a pre-installed external pool building that is tailored for the needs of the family and once the landscaping is fully completed will be fully accessible and useable all year round.

These sympathetic additions to the front and rear will ensure the arrangmeent works for the family now and in the future. The extensions use materials of the existing house and the installed pool building to generate a unique addition that sits comfortably with the original house and in this conservation area context.

The scheme gained planning permission in August 2023. We are now working with the clients to generate the tender and detailed design information for pricing and construction of this scheme.