Jellicoe Avenue

THE SPACE

Adding a two storey and single storey extension allowed us to rearrange the interior over the two floors. We relocated the kitchen to the centre of the house, thus freeing up the rear of the property to make the most of the sunny west facing garden. Opening up the new living room and kitchen to the hallway created free flowing movement between the rooms.

The design introduced a full width rear living room, a study, utility room, floating cantilevered carport and a workshop/store on the ground floor. On the first floor a master bedroom with vaulted ceiling and ensuite were added. The family bathroom was relocated and enlarged, whilst two of the other three bedrooms were extended.

THE STYLE

When working on this project, our radical solution involved the introduction of shallow mono pitched roofs at ground and first floor levels, with detailed oversized eaves. With the original house having three different coloured bricks and pebbledash on the walls and tiled and flat roofs, we were keen to reduce the palette of materials. We did this through the use of crisp rendered walls and natural cedar cladding.

The finished house with its simple contemporary design has been featured in a number of magazine articles.

PROJECT INFORMATION

Location: Gosport, Hampshire
Project Type: Extension and remodelling
Status: Completed
Floor Area: Original size of 92m² increased to 164m²
Planning Authority: Gosport Borough Council

Key Features

• Extensions and transformation of external appearance and internal layout
• Dynamic mono pitched shed style roofs
• Cantilevered carport
• Ground floor doubled in size
• Open plan ground floor layout
• Vaulted sloping ceilings in extension creating dramatic, voluminous spaces
• External pallet of materials reduced to natural timber and render