This extension gave a level access bedroom, toilet and wet room, enabling the owner to live with their family. We gained maximum space by building on to the existing retaining wall.
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The owners of this farmhouse wanted to build an extension to give more space for entertaining and to take advantage of the splendid views from the garden. They have already restored most of the house
The building is in the middle of a terrace built around 1850 as a “planned terrace”. The shop front and most of the windows and doors in the terrace remain as they were first
The extension to this nineteenth century church porch gives a more spacious entrance and an accessible toilet. The main contractor was Blakes Construction, and the finishing was carried out by volunteers from the church. As
I called them the “Dream Team” but their fellow parishioners called them “The last of the Summer Wine” as all three of the volunteers are over retirement age. The project was to create a store
St Michael Llanyblodwel is a Grade I listed church. It is a medieval building, but was extensively altered in the mid-nineteenth century. The incumbent, the Revd Parker was also an amateur architect, who decorated the
We kept the straw walls wrapped during August as the weather was unsettled, but work started on fixing the roof plate. This had been made in sections which were fitted together and then strapped and
This chapel for a private client is built of straw bales with a reciprocal frame roof. We started on site last July when we had to dig a 2m deep trench to get down to
Scaffolding is up and work is starting on the roof, east window and bell tower. The east window tracery will be re-pointed in lime mortar. The bell tower has some open joints which will need