We were thrilled to be invited to design renovations & additions to this beautiful old heritage listed home in Guildford.

Conservation of the original house was given highest priority. Alterations and additions were designed to be sympathetic to the heritage values of the place and retain the original fabric wherever possible but also to restore much of the fabric of the original home, which had fallen into disrepair. The original period details of the house such as skirtings, architraves, cornices, mouldings and fireplaces have been retained throughout.

The new timber framed addition to the rear was designed to have an aesthetic that is considerate to the main house and respectful to the original architecture and heritage of the house, the surrounding streetscape and the locality in general. The external finishes will be weatherboard cladding with timber framed windows and mouldings, sympathetic to the character of the main house but without emulating and therefore detracting from them.

There was an original brick two room cottage to the rear of the home in poor repair. Over time this was integrated into a series of poor quality framed additions. These additions were primarily associated with the use of the home as men’s accommodation. The cottage was retained and restored with the proposed new addition designed to connect lightly & to display and utilise the original structure rather than conceal it.

The house was built circa 1900 by Marmaduke Terry, the town surveyor, and his wife Philomena. Three of the Terry family sons fought in WWI as part of the Anzac legend. From 1918 it was used as a war hospital known as “St Ives”for many years. Later, in the 1940’s it was used as boarding house for men, known locally as 'The Flats'.

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