This interesting, multi-leveled house is located in the Kent Downs AONB.

The client wished to improve their master bedroom with the addition of a comfortable en-suite to be built into a discreet roof extension. Downstairs, spaces were to be rearranged to improve the kitchen area, create a discrete utility space, and to create a vaulted ceiling and install bi-fold doors.

Stonebridge Architectural, in coordination with the client's contractor, provided advice on planning matters, obtained planning consent for the alterations and produced a set of drawings to form the basis of the contractor's work.

This family of four are starting to outgrow their terraced house.

This project comprises a rear extension containing a new living and dining space, a roof extension forming a new master bedroom suite, and a porch extension.

The rear extension is stepped down from the main living space, allowing the internal kitchen views out over the living room and into the garden, creating a fun and dynamic family space.

Due to the terraced nature of this house, this project involves the resolution of party wall matters, which are being undertaken in coordination with a party wall consultant to ensure the best outcome for all parties involved.

This is a proposal for a new-build, four bedroom house in a traditional style replacing an existing dwelling.

The site is subject to strict planning constraints due to being located within Green Belt land, and the proposal is being developed in coordination with a planning consultant to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and to ease progress through the planning system.

The proposed dwelling is to have a brick ground floor with a timber frame upper floor. The master bedroom and double-height entrance hall with feature staircase are to be vaulted to create dramatic and characterful spaces.

This Grade II listed hall house, which has been sadly allowed to fall into neglect by its previous owners, is currently undergoing an extensive restoration.

Stonebridge Architectural provided consultancy services on listed building issues regarding planning and building control compliance, and produced an extensive set of joinery and construction drawings to fulfil outstanding conditions appended to a listed building consent.

An extension, construction of which had begun back in 2014, had been abandoned by this house's previous owners.

Stonebridge Architectural provided consultancy and planning guidance, obtained a revised planning consent modifying the existing proposal to the client's requirements, and updated the extant building control approval. This ensured the client would not have to drastically change the existing works to comply with building regulations requirements that have been revised since work on the project began.

This 18th Century cottage is hugely characterful and idiosyncratic, but historic alterations had left it with a compromised kitchen area and poorly considered main entrance.

The proposal was to form a new kitchen and dining space with views onto the garden and a defined main entrance into the existing hall space at the back of the house. Upstairs a new master bedroom suite with lofted ceilings was to be created.

Located just outside the Goudhurst conservation area, this house, which was originally a bungalow, had been variously adapted in the past to form an upstairs living space to make the best of expansive views across the Kent countryside.

Being located within the roof void, the upstairs kitchen space was considerably compromised. The proposal was to form a new rear extension to improve the amenity of the kitchen, and to improve views and access to the back garden.

As part of the proposals, improvements were made to the steep front access and the external appearance improved with new glazing and timber cladding.

The existing house had a small garden room, which the clients wished to be enlarged into a useful dining space with views onto their garden.

Improvements were also undertaken to improve the kitchen space by converting the segregated kitchen and dining rooms into a single, open-plan space. An existing front porch was also adopted to extend the cloakroom into a shower room.

Stonebridge Architectural obtained planning and building control consents for the proposal and produced a package of information for the client to approach contractors to carry out the work.

A garage in the grounds of a characterful oast house was being used for storage, with the upstairs converted in a cramped office space.

The client required the space to be converted to form a useful office space upstairs with a studio suitable for teaching yoga downstairs.

A darkly-clad box extension to the roof maximised upstairs headroom, blending the garage into the surrounding trees while retaining the silhouette of the existing building. Bi-fold doors open up onto a patio downstairs, with an upstairs terrace on the roof of the ground floor extension creates a fun outdoor space.

The existing house is a bungalow, the roof space of which had been partially converted to add a couple of extra bedrooms, however the house was becoming too small to accommodate a growing family. 

The client wished to extend the upstairs accommodation to convert the house fully to two storeys.

The proposal added an additional master bedroom suite upstairs, incorporating a dressing space and en-suite.

This was a proposal for a combined garage and annex in the grounds of a large house in Maidstone.

The design combined three usable bedrooms with a double-height entrance hall and an open plan living space to create generous-feeling guest accommodation on a small footprint.

Upper Green is a 19th century, timber-framed house located in the Conservation area of Sandhurst and within the High Weald AONB. The existing layout of the house had been compromised by several alterations, which had resulted in a compromised kitchen area and no obvious main entrance.

The proposal added a side extension that formed a recognisable main entrance that gives the house some presence and character on the street scene, and a utility room that increases the usability of the existing kitchen area. A perfunctory existing rear extension is demolished and replaced with a rear entrance more in keeping with the character of the house, and a verandah is proposed along the rear elevation to provide a space for sitting out in the garden.

Stonebridge Architectural obtained both planning and building regulations consent for the proposal, before handing the package of information to the client's contractor.

Highfield was a 1930's farmhouse set in the Kent Downs AONB. The house was in need of modernisation, and an unsympathetic extension in the 1980's had resulted in a disjointed floorplan which no longer reflected how the house was being used.

The proposal was to form a new courtyard entrance space to give shared access to the house and to a granny annex. Internal partitions were removed to form a modern, open plan space with bi-fold doors and pergola to connect the house with it's beautiful setting in the Kent Downs.

Stonebridge Architectural obtained planning and building control consents, then produced a comprehensive set of tendering documents and carried out negotiations with prospective contractors. Stonebridge Architectural then carried out weekly site visits to monitor progress of works on site and to assist the client in communicating with the contractor and obtaining the best possible outcome.

Looker's Cottage is a new-build house designed for an agricultural worker and her family. The proposal is for an ultra-modern house of strawbale construction to create a building that's both low-cost and low carbon.

It's industrial aesthetic is intended to reflect the materiality of the adjacent agricultural bulidings. The unfinished zinc facade and untreated timber cladding will weather to a muted grey, and the building's linear form reflects the open marsh landscape.

This property, in need of modernisation, had been purchased by a client who was seeking to maximise their return on investment.

The property had been unsympathetically extended, resulting in an ugly rear elevation, a disjointed floor plan with odd-shaped rooms, wasted circulation space and disconnection with the garden.

The client had intended to clear out the interior to create an open-plan space but this would have required invasive and expensive steel work. Stonebridge Architectural proposed an alternative solution that was much cheaper, which easily rationalised the spaces and dramatically improved the interior with a minimum of building work, helping to maxmise the client's returns.

Stonebridge Architectural were privileged to work on this significant Grade II listed hall house, undertaking surveys, offering advice, and negotiating Listed Building Consent for repairs to the dormers on the front elevation.

Court Cottage is a Grade II listed hall house with an interesting history.

The clients, who have lived there for many years and re-built the house from near-ruin, wished to add a small amenity extension to the rear elevation. Stonebridge Architectural surveyed the building and negotiated Listed Building and Planning Consent for the proposed works.

Stonebridge Architectural then obtained Building Control approval and produced a set of construction documents for the client to undertake the work themselves.

This project was a loft conversion to a bungalow located in Hamstreet. Dormers were added to the front and rear elevations  to create  usable upstairs space. Downstairs, the compromised internal layout had been converted to open plan to create a higher quality living space with a porch added to the front elevation.

Stonebridge Architectural carried out a full, dimensional survey of the existing house, discussed multiple iterations of the design with the client, and produced outline proposal drawings and a specification to allow the client to contact local contractors for costing and feasibility.

Stonebridge Architectural were approached by a local business to help assess the feasibility of adding new office space to their facility. 

Stonebridge Architectural suggested potential schemes, produced designs with which the clients could approach various contractors, aided the client in assessing the contractors' proposals, and suggested potential routes for value engineering.