This refurbishment involved all three floors: [i] the familiar warren of characterful but impractical rooms found in early 20th century houses occupying the rear half of the house, [ii] first floor reconfiguration of rooms, [iii] roof conversion for main ensuite bedroom.

 

The needs on the ground floor gave an opportunity to amalgamate the kitchen, lean-to extension, dining room and verandah into one continuous living space. In the process it could naturally take advantage of the spacious south-facing sloping garden and a panoramic view by lowering the floor across the entire rear area.  This adds scale with nearly 3m headroom and allows a continuous floor level from inside to out onto the new verandah, with steps down linking to the garden. 

The structural steels figure strongly in this treatment picked out in gunmetal,  adding historical interest.