The extension and reorganisation of a Grade II Listed villa to create accommodation appropriate to 21st Century living while respecting the importance and character of the original 18th Century villa.

A rigorous historic study revealed an almost identical translation of scale and proportion within the original house to that of Andrea Palladio’s ‘Villa with superimposed Portico’ from book four of ‘I quattro libri dell’architettura’.  The original architect, John Palmer, appearing to have developed the 1790 design of the house to conform to these rules.

A series of modest and sensitive interventions were proposed to restore the original plan form, removing a clutter of previous poorly conceived extensions. A contemporary loggia space, conceived of the same ruling geometry of the existing house, was added in place of an earlier garden structure. The new loggia opens up the living space and reunites the house with its garden.