Developed while at 
Paul Archer Design


A Grade II listed gatehouse, built c.1860, reworked as a family home.

Constructed in flint with brick dressings and tiled roofs, the building sits within a consistent local material language.

The arrangement is rebalanced by adding accommodation at upper level, allowing living space to expand at ground floor.

A new extension is introduced as a curved form in plan, aligning with the geometry of the existing towers.

The upper level projects outward, forming a cantilever supported on a brick arch. A corresponding arch is cut into the existing structure below.

The offset between upper and lower levels forms a sheltered external space.

Internally, the curved geometry continues in plan and ceiling, defining the dining space.

Materials follow the existing fabric — brick, flint and tile — matched and extended.

The intervention reads as continuous with the existing, while remaining of its time.

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