Laurel Cottage, St Briavels
This two storey extension in St Briavels, Gloucestershire complements the existing cottage and celebrates beautiful views of the surrounding landscape. The brief was to provide a ground floor study with a bedroom above. The internal spaces are uplifting in the way the two rooms benefit from both the morning and evening light.
Client Testimonial:
"Our house is an original 1700s stone cottage of which there are many in the St Briavels area. Extensions have been added at different stages of its life. The result is something of a hotch-potch to be honest. So commissioning a new extension to add a study for me – that would be spacious and quiet plus an attractive bedroom with small en-suite for the many friends and family who come to visit us required thought as to how it could ‘sit’ with the rest of the cottage. We are delighted with the result which not only provides us with the extra space we asked for, but has a sense of lightness and air about it. At the same time the extension ‘sits’ well in proportion with the rest of the house, echoing roof lines and windows. It rationalises the rest of the house - which used to be something of a railway carriage, room after room - but now is more balanced.
David Hurcombe took us through the process from conception to completion with a down-to-earth assurance that we appreciated, clear guidance born of solid experience and good advice when we required it."
all best wishes
Sue
