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For this weeks Throwback Thursday #TBT post we take a look back on our Garden Room Home Extension in Waltham on the Wolds, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.
Waltham on the Wolds is an attractive limestone village close to Melton Mowbray, and so introducing coursed limestone walling in keeping with the conservation area setting was really a ‘must’ for this Garden Room Extension project. We think you’ll agree the stonework really gives the extension some instant appeal.
Find our more about our home extensions at www.pd-architecture.co.uk/extensions/
…or take a peek at some of our other garden room projects:
– garden room home extension in Groby
– contemporary modern garden room
– garden room home extension in Melton Mowbray
– garden room home extension in West Bridgford
– garden room home extension in Thrussington
– garden room home extension in Gaddesby
– garden room home extension in Wymeswold
Waltham on the Wolds:
Waltham on the Wolds is noted as one of the most attractive villages in the Melton Borough area; in terms of vernacular building materials and architectural styles. It has many stone built houses but there are also examples of brick buildings. Roofing materials are also varied and include natural slate, red or blue pantiles and thatch. Juxtaposition of roofing styles, heights and materials together with a wide variety of chimneys provides an interesting and visually attractive village roofscape. Stone boundary walls are also a strong feature linking properties along the street scene. Vernacular architectural details are also widespread throughout in particular stone drip moulds above window heads.
This project was situated on the High Street, which is characterised by the dominant natural stonework with larger buildings and small scale traditional cottages, linked by natural stone walls and outbuildings, with open countryside and paddocks beyond. The layout of properties is somewhat regimented with the majority of properties built front elevation onto the highway. The Church naturally dominates the street scene overlooking the rooftops which together with its fine lych-gate and adjacent thatched Gateway Cottage, a mid/late seventeenth century grade II listed building, also elevated above street level, form a fine group. Indeed the elevated footpath fronting these properties which is set behind an inclined grass verge lined with granite kerbstones is a somewhat unusual feature that adds interest to the street scene. Furthermore the varied roofscape materials, together with fine array of ornate and simple chimney stacks and pots also present a very strong feature against the skyline.
One particularly fine building on the High Street, which is an unspoilt example of the local vernacular is Sawgate House. Built in local stone under a slate roof with tall and ornate chimney stacks the building displays many architectural details including bracketed barge boards, stone drip moulds above the double hung sash windows, a central small arched window with margin panes at high level and an eight panelled front door with narrow margin pained window adjacent. (Waltham on The Wolds Conservation Area Appraisal)
Our Garden Room design included elements from the church window, to the local stone and slate roof with detailed bargeboards and sash window detailing, which encompassed the local style and many of the architectural elements replicated on other buildings throughout the village, including Sawgate House.
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Architectural Design Brief:
To provide the architectural design services, and oversee the development of the garden room home extension
Location:
Waltham on the Wolds, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
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Date
Summer 2010
Clients
Private Homeowner
Category
Garden Rooms
Area
Architecture in Melton Mowbray
Site
Waltham on the Wolds, Melton Mowbray
Planning Authority
Melton Borough Council
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