w.coombesltd.co.uk

Stone Cottage Conversion

Somerset

This beautiful Somerset cottage was a finalist for the “Best Alteration to an Existing Home in the 2016 Southwest Building Excellence Awards”. The excellence in the delivery of outstanding Construction and Workmanship was a feature of this category. We are very proud to be the Mains Contractor for this project.

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Separate Stone Cottage

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The finished cottage

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Front view of cottage

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Side view showing local blue lias stone work

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Details of stone and glazing

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Stunning kitchen installation complete with Aga

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Side Entrance gates

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SCOPE OF WORKS

The small stone outbuilding formed part of the adjoining main house. The brief was to create an independent living cottage for a relative. It was close to the family home and used as a log and garden store. The building had never been built for human occupation, so a full scheme of renovation and upgrade of the building was required, including some underpinning, a raft foundation, new roof and redirecting an underground stream.

Through careful design and use of space, the roof space houses two double bedrooms and a bathroom, with new dormers overlooking the garden to the south. The open plan kitchen/diner is bright and welcoming with glazed double doors onto a walled courtyard. This space flows through to the sitting room where the new wood burner helps create a very cosy space. The ground floor shower room is discretely accessed off the stairwell so that mobility and independence can be maintained as long as possible.