Extending a Listed Building Within a Scheduled Monument
An exterior facade precedent showcasing the careful architectural extension of a historic listed building using contemporary grey cladding alongside ancient flintwork.
- What we like about this project
- A sharply modern grey-clad addition seamlessly abutting irregular, weathered ancient stone ruins.
Materials
- flint-stone
- clay-tile
- timber
- grey-cladding-tile
- glass
- brick
Visual identifiers
- grey-tile-cladding
- flint-masonry
- clay-tile-roof
- historic-extension
Style tags
- contemporary-vernacular
- heritage
- contextual
Visual tags
- historic-preservation
- vernacular
- contextual
- heritage
- masonry
- Geometry
- Asymmetric vernacular volumes juxtapose historic flint rubble masonry with clean contemporary grey tile cladding and clay tile roofs.
- Facade system
- Combination of historic load-bearing flint rubble walls and modern rainscreen tile cladding over timber or masonry backing.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing historic stone walls combined with modern framed timber or masonry extension.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, anchored by massive historic chimneys and surrounding garden landscape.
- Lighting
- Clear natural daylight casting soft directional shadows across irregular textured surfaces.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, historical continuity blending ancient textures with restrained modern insertions.
- Environmental context
- Open rural or archaeological site setting with mature trees and historic low stone boundary walls.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching across the gravel forecourt reveals a layered historical narrative where ancient ruins meet precise modern additions.
- Composition rhythm
- Irregular historic window placements contrasted with a clean horizontal banding of modern tile cladding.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual heritage architecture
- Program
- Heritage residential estate or visitor center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- flint-stone, clay-tile, timber, grey-cladding-tile, glass, brick
- Visual identifiers
- grey-tile-cladding, flint-masonry, clay-tile-roof, historic-extension
- Style tags
- contemporary-vernacular, heritage, contextual
- Visual tags
- historic-preservation, vernacular, contextual, heritage, masonry
- Geometry
- Asymmetric vernacular volumes juxtapose historic flint rubble masonry with clean contemporary grey tile cladding and clay tile roofs.
- Facade system
- Combination of historic load-bearing flint rubble walls and modern rainscreen tile cladding over timber or masonry backing.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing historic stone walls combined with modern framed timber or masonry extension.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, anchored by massive historic chimneys and surrounding garden landscape.
- Lighting
- Clear natural daylight casting soft directional shadows across irregular textured surfaces.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, historical continuity blending ancient textures with restrained modern insertions.
- Environmental context
- Open rural or archaeological site setting with mature trees and historic low stone boundary walls.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching across the gravel forecourt reveals a layered historical narrative where ancient ruins meet precise modern additions.
- Composition rhythm
- Irregular historic window placements contrasted with a clean horizontal banding of modern tile cladding.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual heritage architecture
- Program
- Heritage residential estate or visitor center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture