CONTACTS/ SUPPLIERS


AGGREGATES Direct Quarry Stone directquarrystone.co.uk


ARCHITECT Paul Testa/HEM hemarchitects.co.uk


BATHROOM DESIGN/FITTING Devonshire Building Services 07790 300203


BATHROOM TILES Topps Tiles toppstiles.co.uk


BESPOKE JOINERY inehieve 07790 019227


MAIN CONTRACTOR Devonshire Building Services 07790 300203


ELECTRICS Andrew and Chris Titterton 07970 977168


BASEMENT Devonshire Building Services 07790 300203


Langton Construction 0800 954 8334


DOORS (EXTERNAL & GLAZED) Internorm internorm.com


DOORS (INTERNAL) Jewson


jewson.co.uk


OAK PARQUET FLOORING Luxury Flooring & Furnishings luuryflooringandfurnishing.co.uk


CARPETS B&J Carpets 01623 517667


GENERAL BUILDING SUPPLIES Jewson


jewson.co.uk Howarth Timber howarth-timber.co.uk


KITCHEN COMPANY Tulip Kitchens tulipkitchens.co.uk


nov/dec 2024


The 100 m2


basementundercroft includes


a cinema room, gym, wine store, plant-room, utility area and storage. y daughter likes to use the cinema room as a bedroom in the height of summer as the basement maintains a constant temperature says raig who was handson throughout the build, even laying the carpets. The Devonshires’ new home is built on the


former kitchen gardens of the manor house. A 1930s house stood on the 0.6 acre site when they bought it at auction. “When the plot came up for sale, effectively it was a downsizing operation [to build a new house] so we could manage my fatherinlaw a lot better raig explains.


As the whole of Teversal village has been a conservation area for more than five decades  designated as such in 1970 – and the proposed new house is next to the manor house and its walled garden, Craig and Jane assumed that their only option would be to renovate and extend the 1930s house. “However, we had a site meeting with the Local onservation fficer prior to giving aul esta Architecture now  their brief says raig. he conservation officer said he wouldn’t be averse to replacing the original house. Instantly, we were on a positive footing with them. The only thing he said to us was that he didn’t want to see a farmyardcourtyard style development.


Craig continues: “He wanted to see the use of traditional materials and different roof heights. He explains that after architect Paul came to site he “very quickly came back with the original concept design which only needed a minor reduction on the size of the single storey wing to


satisfy the planners. Incredibly, thanks to Craig, Paul and heritage consultant Andrew Witham working carefully with Ashfield istrict ouncil planning department, permission was achieved in eight weeks, and for a house at double the footprint of the original one that stood on the site. The design concept was to create a modern


interpretation of a 19th century house form, eplains aul t’s an plan with five prominent and differently coped gables. Each gable is punctuated by different window forms, more subtle and closed feeling to the north and much more open and modern in their form to the south overlooking the garden. The ‘broken’ roofscape of different heights was a planning requirement, to avoid creating a monolithic modernist ‘block’ and to tie in with the differing roof heights of other properties in the conservation area.


“The mass of the house is stepped down


towards the manor to reduce its visual impact on the listed house aul adds. e also kept the architectural expression of the house more modest to the north where it faces the village and conservation area, then opened up the elevations to make best use of the southerly views and solar access. Brick exterior walls add strength to the insulated timber frame; this was supplemented with additional PIR insulation in the walls and the roof. Although Craig says he’s not personally a huge fan of brick, Olde English Wienerberger bricks were chosen because brick is used widely locally and is very characteristic of the conservation area. Various bonds and patterns add subtle visual features.


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