The brief was to bring light and warmth into this 1870s farm house.
Despite the obvious beauty and priceless historical value of such a dwelling, the old house simply does not lend itself to producing and retaining warmth through our long and dark Central Victorian winters. With the need to accommodate an every growing family and the practicalities of day to day farm-life, our solution was to create a completely new addition which would sit beside and touch the bluestone, but not engulf it. When approaching the home from the lengthy dirt driveway we want to see and appreciate the old existing building and also recognize that there is quite obviously a modern addition beside it.