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Welbeck Avenue Burbage was a development of six detached
houses built on a mature street in an area known as Three
Pots, Burbage.
The area has a strong influence from 1930’s domestic design,
itself influenced from the arts & crafts period preceding it.
Period style front doors with the familiar arts & craft tile crease
detailing are complemented by the correctly proportioned and
detailed fully casemented windows.
The selective use of the bay window in multiple forms, and a
street seen visually broken up through the use of a combination
of hipped and gabled roof design is quintessential of the period
design.
From a construction perspective this site was big enough to run in the vein of a large professional company.
All the floor slabs and drains go in first, the plots are then stoned up all round for a safe tidy site ready for
brickwork to begin.
Welbeck Avenue, Burbage
Main Street, Peckleton
Two large detached houses built in a semi rural position in a
sought-after west Leicestershire village on fabulous plots set a
long way back from the road, with open views across fields to
the rear.
The houses were built in a style intended to complement a
Leicestershire village vernacular.
Traditional red brick, brickwork detailing including flush “corked”
pointing, blue canted brick cills and a slate roof covering’s work
together with other traditional detailing to achieve the desired
effective result.
Open fires to the living room are both atmospheric but also mean the chimneys are not just ornamental.
High quality fixtures and fittings include hand painted oak kitchen doors and a combination of granite and oak
worktops. Physical cooking was courtesy of Rangemaster.
Renovation
Taken in part exchange for one of the previously mentioned new houses, 65 Main Street, Peckleton is a pretty
cottage reputed to date back many hundreds of years.
The cottage was previously believed to have been both a pub, and the village shop.
Much altered in the 1980’s and very little after, a subtle but comprehensive cosmetic refurbishment was
implemented including a full re-modelling/heavy landscaping of a tired oriental inspired garden to present to
market.
Barn Conversion
In this instance Paul was employed as a working project manager taking total responsibility for aspects of
the project reporting only to the client.
Although not listed, the barn was described by the planning office as being of notable architectural
importance and was subject to the involvement of the conservation officer. This was a highly complex and
technically challenging project. The planning permission was reinforced by the conservation officer who
stated that the barn had permission for “conversion” and not permission to be re-build as was.
This effectively means restoring not replacing. We were informed by the conservation officer that the barn
was considered almost beyond conversion due to its exceptionally fragile, collapsing state.
Although the client had engaged a very well respected award winning national Architect to gain planning
permission, the construction drawings were considered expensive to implement and offered scope for
improvement from a technical perspective.
Paul re-drew the construction drawings working closely with the NHBC and a highly competent structural
engineer in line with Paul’s strength areas.
What followed was a complex brick by brick structural restoration, followed by a high end grand designs
conversion over a 16 month period.
The project became quite a fluid process of the client project
manager relationship, allowing internal design changes on a
daily basis, and continuous interaction on choosing
specification as the project evolved.
Foxton
The first new build not to have been designed by Paul, or
in conjunction with Paul, was considered highly suitable
to build out. The site was a single plot in the desirable
south Leicestershire village of Foxton.
This part of Leicestershire demands a very high
specification in part due to its excellent transport links to
London for which many people commute on a daily basis.
The house was built with the flush “corked” pointing using
a traditional looking mellow red brick with much
traditional detailing and Flemish garden wall bond.
High a quality slates with metal conservation skylights
sitting low in the roof line.
Bespoke hardwood flush casement windows & doors
along with the Oak porch and heavy section traditional
barn style garage doors set the tone of the build. The
oversized chunky front door emphasise the attention to
detail.
As with the houses at Peckleton, an abundance of
natural stone in the kitchens, bathrooms, and the garden
paved area have been used to create the difficult to
combine traditional contemporary feel.
High quality fixtures and fittings including hand painted oak kitchen doors and a combination of granite and oak worktops. Physical cooking was courtesy
again of Rangemaster.
A feature fire place with a Charnwood wood burning stove set this house apart from the mainstream big builders. The master bedroom also benefited from
a snug walk in wardrobe with bespoke shelving and hanging space.
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