Photography: Serena Pearce / Code Lime Photography
Ascot alterations and addition project is located on an unusual, country style block within suburbia. The site contains a circa 1900’s heritage listed residence with a large workshop and horse stables to the rear of the block, where the owners two Shetland ponies reside. The design brief was to create a light filled, open plan living area and master bedroom wing to the rear of the house, which maximised the northern aspect and views to the garden and horse stables beyond.
The design approach for the new addition was to create a clear, complimentary distinction between old and new. White, vertical cladding contrasts with the original red brickwork external walls. When entering the existing residence, the eye is automatically drawn down the original central corridor and out through the glass filled addition to the leafy garden beyond. A raked ceiling creates a dramatic arrival to the new extension. The smooth, monolithic concrete floor signifies a clear distinction between the existing jarrah floorboard residence. A linking corridor inhabits the space between old and new. It contains an original red brickwork wall with a painted artwork mural commissioned by the owners. The linking corridor is softly lit and textural, leading visitors to a shadowy, private powder room. In contrast, the main living area is light filled and open. Victorian Ash timber screening has been introduced, which compliments the textural lined white ceilings and the black accents of the window frames, fixtures and fittings. The new floor plan enables a connected living area, conducive to a modern way of living. The character of the original house is preserved, and the new addition compliments the existing with a light and balanced approach to enable both the old and new elements of the residence to be celebrated.
