The house has six exterior walls
SHEILA’S FAVOURITE FEATURE
“The library which was created from a dark sitting room. It’s perfect for cosy evenings. I love the rustic simplicity”
age t was all open fires and candlelight, very romantic. But I found living in the build helped me to understand the layout.” Part of the skill of renovation is knowing what to eep and what to replace e ept everything that we could and that was worth keeping. And we got things locally if we could.” For Sheila, keeping the original crittall windows was non-negotiable, despite advice from a builder to rip them out and replace them. The steel framed windows formed part of the Art Deco and Modernist architectural movements of the 1920s and 1930s and were designed with slim frames to cause minimum disruption to the view. Sheila admits the numerous windows were hard work and incredibly time consuming to restore, while also meeting building safety regulations. The work involved stripping, resetting and repainting them, and took more than two years to complete. “It was really hard work,” she says. “Stripping them down alone took six months. It was painstaking to get the paint off.” But she has no regrets. These huge windows are a major feature in every room of the house and all look out onto a fairly priceless view. hile much o the outside remains unchanged – inside, the house has been gutted and the living spaces redesigned indows have een
mar/apr 2022
It was grasped from the jaws of redevelopment thanks to Sheila’s determination to recognise the building’s importance
added to previously solid walls, and plumbing and wiring was completely replaced. Three bathrooms were added to create ensuite bedrooms, and meet the expectations of luxury modern living.
KITCHEN & LIVING SPACES The kitchen was the hardest part of the project, admits heila oth the oor and the ceiling had to be completely replaced, and they had to track down salvaged crittall windows to add to a
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