Character Home in Epsom
By Salmond Reed Architects
This project entailed rearranging internal spaces to achieve modern standards of kitchen and bathroom amenity and improved light quality for our clients, whilst maintaining a sensitive regard for the significant heritage character of their early twentieth century house designed by British-trained architect, Benjamin Chillwell, (later partner in the well-known firm of Chilwell and Trevithick).
The brief also called for reinstatement of character features such as the cupboard under the stairs, improvement to the existing stair balustrade detail, installation of wooden panelling in the foyer. Typical Chilwell details and motifs were successfully integrated to restore the stair and ceilings to more closely resemble the original style.
Externally, the closed-in verandah at the upper level was taken back to its original open form and the distinctive curve of the 1909 entry porch was restored to reinforce the distinctive charm of this character home.
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SALMOND REED ARCHITECTS is an award winning multi-disciplinary architecture practice founded by NZIA Gold Medal recipient Jeremy Salmond.
We bring thirty years’ of nationwide experience and expertise to your project, whether it involves the sensitive adaptation of a character building or the design of a contemporary structure in a sensitive environmental setting (or, indeed, a combination of both.)
Directors Rosalie Stanley, Lloyd Macomber, and Philip Graham, lead a staff of around twenty talented registered architects and graduates, chartered building surveyors, heritage consultants and support staff, all of whom share a resolve to deliver optimum project solutions to meet client aspirations and budgets.
Staff have an in-depth knowledge of traditional building materials and techniques, enabling them to advise on the application of modern architectural conservation practice for older buildings, while our designers also maintain a strong grasp of modern building technologies and materials to bring excellence to our contemporary designs.
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