Potter Street

Our clients purchased a Grade II listed thatched cottage with a long sunny garden. The cottage had limited space, was cold, damp and expensive to heat. Thermal improvement of the existing fabric was constrained by the listed status, so a case was put together to extend to form a thermally superior part of the building for lounge and sleeping accommodation, with kitchen, dining and guest accommodation in the original house.

To avoid interfering with the thatched roof, a glazed link joins the old to the new, which is a contemporary timber framed structure with a mixture of traditional and modern materials. The project ultimately received an award from the Civic Society.