Category Archives: Historic houses

The Old Customs House High Street Rottingdean

Extension & Alterations to this Grade II Listed Building Front and Rear Range built late 18th Century. A Contemporary design to resolve the rear end of this building to integrate the first floor Studio with the main house, a new … Continue reading

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Contemporary Glazed Link Extension to Fonthill Farm Grade II* Farmhouse Newick

Proposed Glazed link extension to integrate adjoining cottage with main house glazed extension

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Traditional Rear Extension Little Barn The Green Rottingdean

Traditional rear hipped extension to existing building part of large converted Barn complex on The Green in Rottingdean Conservation Area. Involved negotiating a Sewer Diversion and 2 Party Wall Awards and abutting flint elevations Structural Engineer Ellis Structures Ltd Contractor: … Continue reading

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Contemporary Extension & Alterations to Town House (Old Abbatoir) Stewards Inn Lane Lewes

Contemporary  Extension & Alterations to Town House (Old Abbatoir) Stewards Inn Lane Lewes

A plaque was added to this building facing Stewards Inn Lane by the Friends of Lewes in 2016 citing that the original Abattoir building was owned by Marsh the Butcher, whose shop was at No 50 High Street LEWES until … Continue reading

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Contemporary Country House Extension Grade II North Chailey

Contemporary Country House Extension Grade II  North Chailey

Discrete frontal side extension to fine timber framed main house.

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Country House The Old Stables Hollycombe House Liphook

Country House The Old Stables Hollycombe House Liphook

New swimming pool complex, entrance courtyard, landscaping New swimming pool, entrance courtyard and extensive landscape design for The Old Stables originally serving Hollycombe House.

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Georgian Town House Grade II Listed Kennington

Georgian Town House Grade II Listed   Kennington

Proposed Change of Use from Commercial to Residential as single grand dwelling.

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Country House Contemporary Extension

Country House  Contemporary Extension

Steel framed extension almost fully glazed with Cedar cladding to Grade II Listed Country House just outside Eastbourne. Alterations to main house and curtilage buildings. New North Wing as 2 storey contemporary extension set within courtyard and sloping ground to … Continue reading

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Country House Grade II Contemporary Low Energy Extension

Country House Grade II Contemporary Low Energy Extension

Linked extension to 19th Century Listed Farmhouse

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COUNTRY HOUSE LAUGHTON: Low Energy extension to form new Kitchen range

COUNTRY HOUSE LAUGHTON:                                  Low Energy extension to form new Kitchen range

A fine Grade II Listed Regency Vicarage at Laughton with a compromised ground floor due to the kitchen taking up one of the principal rear reception rooms. The proposed scheme recasts the old service wing, demolishes the old storage buildings … Continue reading

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Country House Lewes Castle: Internal and External Alterations to Grade II Listed former Stables and Groom’s quarters

Country House Lewes Castle: Internal and External Alterations to Grade II Listed former  Stables and Groom's quarters

A Grade II Listed cottage originally Grooms accommodation and stables set high along the walled margins of Lewes Castle. The service accommodation was poorly arranged with shower room  and small entrance lobby between kitchen and dining room. We opened up … Continue reading

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Country House Colegate Horsham. Main house extensive refurbishment with 2 low energy glass and steel extensions, indoor 17 x 5m swimming pool with gym, plant room with Menerga AHU and twin ASHPs.

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7 bedroom early 19th Century Country House in dressed Sussex Sandstone with later additions. Country Estate of 184 acres at Colegate near Horsham set high on a sandstone ridge above Hawkins Pond on Hammerpond Lane with distant views to the … Continue reading

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Historic Farmstead conversion to residential: Broyle Mill Farm The Broyle Ringmer Lewes

Historic Farmstead conversion to residential: Broyle Mill Farm The Broyle Ringmer Lewes

Conversion of a late 18th Century Farmstead in 21 acres to include a total of 8 residential units. The farmstead included a Corn Windmill in the croft to the rear of the farm until about 1890 when it burnt down … Continue reading

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Country House Grade II*: Founthill Farm Newick

Country House Grade II*: Founthill Farm Newick

Founthill Farm is an early 16th Century Grade II* timber framed farmhouse part of a small farmstead on the outskirts of Newick. The principal  early 16th Century timber framed range has exposed original close studwork with lime plaster infill.  The … Continue reading

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Country House Grade II Listed Newick- new kitchen wing

Country House Grade II Listed  Newick- new kitchen wing

A contemporary glass single storey wing attached to a substantial Grade II listed Victorian house. The existing house was originally a bold red brick and tile hung extension attached to a stucco Georgian two window house and the  house was  split into two dwellings … Continue reading

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Country House Extension to Listed Dwelling Offham

Country House Extension to Listed Dwelling Offham

  A Grade II Listed late medieval Timber Framed house with evidence of a rear aisle and sooted rafters, original build of 1400 with later additions and it was still thatched in the 1960s.  Dr Annabelle Hughes inspected and reported … Continue reading

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Country House Contemporary Linked Extension to Listed Dwelling Ditchling Common

Country House Contemporary Linked Extension to Listed Dwelling Ditchling Common

This small Farmhouse, Listed Grade II, is part of a farmstead on Ditchling Common and comprises a principal range with a service wing attached to the rear. Unusually it  has a rounded beach stone facade partly concealed at first floor … Continue reading

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Country House Extension Newick

Country House Extension  Newick

A fine Georgian house in Newick with later alterations and service wing.  The owners were unsure how to extend the building so NDA were invited to design a two storey rear extension to replace the existing narrow service wing.  Several … Continue reading

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Country House Listed Grade II* & Coach House Alterations Rodmell

Country House Listed Grade II* & Coach House Alterations Rodmell

Set within the curtilage of the main Grade II* Listed house,  the Coach House has good fenestration  and in need of total restoration. We have designed new plans for ground and first floors, incorporating a glass bridge between the first … Continue reading

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Country House New Garden Room Extension & Alterations Grade II Pollingford Manor Surrey

Country House New Garden Room Extension & Alterations Grade II Pollingford Manor Surrey

A Grade II listed timber-framed manor house (c.1450) we added a large oak framed garden room to the service wing and revised the entrance hall sequence, as the main entrance was no longer used. The new porch was carefully detailed … Continue reading

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Country House Alterations and Extension The Old Rectory House & Coach House Barcombe

Country House Alterations and Extension The Old Rectory House & Coach House Barcombe

Fine Regency substantial residential property in 75 acres. Three phases of work approved by Lewes DC to the main building: Phase 1 & 2: Obtain consents for alterations to historic core of main house with new underfloor heating to the … Continue reading

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Terraced Town House Alterations Waterloo Gardens Lewes

Terraced Town House Alterations Waterloo Gardens Lewes

Grade II Listed  townhouse  one of a freestanding terrace near the riverside of  Lewes. Grounds floor glazed extension with attic conversion to study bedroom. A very tight scheme on a very old filled former river-side site, attic construction typically tight … Continue reading

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Country House Extension and Alterations North Chailey

Country House Extension and Alterations North Chailey

An Early Victorian Chapel finished with Roman Cement converted to a dwelling in the 1940s with later unsightly additions. Little evidence of  original “chapel” configuration except for  nice curved oak truss bottom chords concealed within the attic void.  The brief … Continue reading

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Country House & Coach House Alterations High Street Hassocks

Country House & Coach House Alterations High Street  Hassocks

Grade II Listed House and Coach House.  We obtained all statutory approvals and costings to substantially alter the main house  integrating a courtyard to provide a toplit kitchen, new staircase, attic conversion and various internal alterations. We also obtained all … Continue reading

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Listed Grade II Granary Alterations Stricklands Railway Lane Lewes

Listed Grade II Granary Alterations Stricklands  Railway Lane Lewes

We were instructed to prepare a Retrospective Listed Building application for the insertion of shot blasted glass partitions  into this fine converted  Listed Grade II granary. Some screen elements were modified to improve the layout and LB consent for the … Continue reading

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Country House Alterations Pangdean Farm Brighton

Country House Alterations  Pangdean Farm Brighton

A fine Grade II Listed Georgian farmhouse arranged as a farmstead with a large barn used for functions. The clients wanted us to help provide contemporary solutions to the internal accommodation, in particular alterations to the attic, ground and first … Continue reading

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Country House Extension and Alterations Folkington East Sussex

Country House Extension and Alterations  Folkington East Sussex

The brief was to form a new side entrance to this Grade II listed building with utility and storage. To avoid conflict with the fine front elevation we disguised the scheme between two garden walls. The front wall was swept … Continue reading

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Country House Linked Extension Oreham

Country House Linked Extension Oreham

We obtained Planning & Listed Building Consent to convert & restore this fine 17th Century timber framed cottage  and replace an extensive attached 1970s extension with a new timber clad parallel range with glass linked extension joining the two scheme … Continue reading

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New Garden Building & Garage Southover High Street Lewes

New Garden Building & Garage Southover High Street Lewes

New timber framed garage/office/garden building in tight urban site at rear of Listed Building in Southover Street Lewes. The new building allows for the sloping site and sits alongside two 18th Century flint boundary walls heading up a narrow drive … Continue reading

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Town House Alterations Maltmans North Cuckfield

Town House Alterations Maltmans North Cuckfield

A Grade II listed late 17th Century house set in the High Street of Cuckfield, we obtained detailed Listed and Planning Consent for a new kitchen resited within an existing service wing which was refurbished and we also obtained consent … Continue reading

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Country House Extension Great Gillmans Billingshurst

Country House Extension Great Gillmans Billingshurst

A fine Grade II Listed country house dated from C1450 with a nicely sooted crownpost roof. We acted for three owners of this building involving preparing  a site development plan, extension, new garaging centred around a fine old Oak tree and … Continue reading

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Town House Extension Western Green, Thames Ditton

Town House Extension  Western Green, Thames Ditton

NDA obtained Conservation Area Consent here for a discrete single storey red brick  side extension to a picturesque Georgian cottage sited very prominently on Western Green near Hampton Court. There was naturally a great deal of local interest in the … Continue reading

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Barn Conversion Field Barn Newbuildings Place Horsham

Country House, Barn & Foldyard Grade II* Newbuildings Place, Horsham

This Field Barn forms the last phase of the conversion of the redundant farmstead buildings on this estate. The approved use is for residential letting purposes and a sensitive conversion was required due to its open landscape setting. The access … Continue reading

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Mill Conversion to Country House Rowfant Mill Crawley

Mill Conversion to Country House Rowfant Mill Crawley

A two-storey range of ancillary outbuildings built against the old pond bay & part of the old mill at Rowfant with stunning lake views. The developer owner was struggling to find a way to achieve a viable conversion and asked … Continue reading

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Barn Conversion Brook Farm Brook Street Cuckfield

Barn Conversion Brook Farm Brook Street Cuckfield

Grade II Listed Barn unusually converted to a house in the 1940s. NDA designed a new attic conversion with some rear facing dormers, new staircase,  first floor alterations, new kitchen and various other alterations within the building. The works were … Continue reading

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Country House Orangery The Grange Crawley Down

Country House Orangery The Grange Crawley Down

A fine substantial brick mid 18th   Century country house Listed Grade II with 3rd gear drive.  We demolished an existing faceted attached conservatory  and designed a replacement Orangery wing as offices with a new service access stair to serve the … Continue reading

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Town House Alterations Grade II* Listed Malling Priory, Lindfield

Town House Alterations Grade II* Listed   Malling Priory, Lindfield

A fine Grade II* Georgian town house, the main entrance of which was hardly used such that visitors sneaked in via a side door. NDA were recommended to assist the new owners and we recast the side a as an … Continue reading

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Country House & Abbatoir Conversion 2 Durrants Chailey Green

Country House & Abbatoir Conversion 2 Durrants Chailey Green

A delightful old 19th Century Abattoir in the grounds of a Grade II Listed House once owned by the village Butcher. The Abattoir was heading towards collapse which the old timber machinery at roof level no doubt contributed to and … Continue reading

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Country House Listed Grade II with glazed link to Listed Stone Barn Meers Farm West Chiltington

Country House  Listed Grade II with glazed link to Listed Stone Barn Meers Farm West Chiltington

  This Grade II listed timber framed farmhouse & stone barn are in close proximity, the scheme development was unusual as the barn was designed as the principal living accommodation with the house altered to provide ancillary accommodation, a direct … Continue reading

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Country House Grade II with glazed link to New Range Rogers Farm Lunces Hill

Country House Grade II with glazed link to New Range Rogers Farm Lunces Hill

An unusual Grade II Listed Farmhouse on a fine site south of Haywards Heath with stucco frontage & slate roof with red brick rear elevations  and a rear roof of handmade clay tiles. The scheme comprises a two-storey  cross wing … Continue reading

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Town House Extension Quadrant Grove London NW11

Town House Extension Quadrant Grove London NW11

NDA designed a top glazed link extension to expand the rear service wing out to the party wall, obtained all consents and inspected the works, The property was extensively refurbished and we added and additional storey hidden behind the parapet … Continue reading

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Grade 1 Hardham Priory Alterations Hardham West Sussex

Grade 1 Hardham Priory Alterations Hardham West Sussex

Possibly oldest house in Sussex, Grade I & Ancient Monument the chapter house (on Buildings at Risk Register), refectory building with vaulted stone undercroft remain, the latter burnt to a shell @ 1900 with a plain interior installed. Our brief … Continue reading

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Watermill Extension & Alterations Slaugham Mill, Slaugham Place West Sussex

Watermill Extension & Alterations Slaugham Mill, Slaugham Place West Sussex

An early overshot corn mill alongside the lake at Slaugham Place. The owner asked NDA to prepare a design to extend the building  across the mill race and for the conversion of the mill to residential use. The work is in progress … Continue reading

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Oast House Extension The Old Oast Maresfield

Oast House Extension The Old Oast Maresfield

We dismantled and stored a 19th Century oak framed hovel which we acquired from Slaugham Place and eventually sold the structure privately. The purchasers then asked us to design and obtain consent for a substantial extension to their fine old … Continue reading

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Country House Grade II Cross Wing Extension Pitch Place Farm Thursley Surrey

Country House Grade II Cross Wing Extension Pitch Place Farm Thursley Surrey

This project involved the erection of a two storey cross wing attached to a bland gable end to the existing service wing attached at 90 degs against the main house stack of this Listed Grade II 16th Century range. The … Continue reading

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Country House Linked extension Elm Cottage Barnes Village Green

Country House Linked extension Elm Cottage Barnes Village Green

A project to extend an early 19th Century stucco cottage as a linked extension designed to merge two conflicting building type and maximise the plot potential of a prominent and well known picturseque Cottage overlooking the Pond on Barnes Village … Continue reading

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