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A modern twist to a 16th century timber-framed home

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Nestled in a quiet Suffolk village, this incredible timber-framed home has been given a modern twist with the addition of stunning open-plan kitchen extension.

The main part of the house was originally constructed in the mid-16th Century and sits in large gardens and its own meadow. Over the years the house has been sympathetically altered and extended many times and as such it is one of the few properties of its type not to be listed.

The owners of the house had made tweaks and changes to the garden and house over the years but were keen to add their own mark to the house and create an open plan kitchen and living space that was filled full of natural light.

“Over the past 450 years everyone who has owned the house has made changes to suit their way of living and how they needed the house to be for them and this was our chance to do the same. There is so much history within these walls that we knew whatever we did had to work with the existing structure and complement it.”

The homeowners worked with Leiston based Brooks Architects to come up with a range of options that would allow them to create the open plan space to enlarge the kitchen whilst breaking down the boundaries between inside and out.

“There was no real connection between the house and the garden and we love being outside and using it as a space for entertaining. We wanted that ability to completely open up sliding doors and step outside or to sit outside and feel like we had almost created another room in the house.”

The most striking element of the design is the large glazed gable with theEDGE2.0 ultra-slim aluminium sliding doors below and the clients opted for IDSystems to supply and install the glazing based on their experience on similar style projects.

“We had full confidence that it was going to work but being able to see examples of period style homes with these types of doors really made the difference. It was hard to visualise the doors when they were installed in really contemporary style builds so it was a huge help that IDSystems were able to show us similar styles of houses with their doors installed in them.”

The finished extension, built by Kerslake Construction, features a number of details that tie the extension back to the design of the house; the pitch of the roof is angled to mirror the main structure whilst the use of timber cladding on the underside of the extension roof is a nod to the internal timber beams.

Location: Halesworth, Suffolk
Architect: Brooks Architects
Contractor: Kerslake Construction
Photos: Chris Taylor Photography

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