The outline drawings were done before we bought the house. The previous owners were originally granted planning permission in 1994.

The cottage is at the end of a terrace of three, with open field behind and a village street at the front. The extension to the side replaces a single story lean-to kitchen (and an old bathroom added at the back in the seventies) with a new living room, study, bedroom, two bathrooms, stairs and a landing. The original plan area was about 105 m2, the extension adds another 30%. (That's a total area of around 1500 ft2).
Right now the house is without the room at the side and only has four rooms so things are a extremely cramped. We rented another house for the first year of the project, while we did the demolition and plumbing.

From the front the features will be the new tall window to the hall and a long sloping roof from the first floor level right up to the ridge over the stairs. The living room will have a window in to corner that looks to the front and side.

To the rear there is a canopy over the back door and kitchen and study windows.

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