Project Name : Freshfield Villa
Project Type : Private Residential
Location : Formby, Merseyside
Our Role : Architect, design stage 1-7
30 Freshfield is the renovation and extension of a double fronted beach side victorian villa in Liverpool. With restricted space and storage internally the layout was split into a series of smaller interconnecting rooms not fulfilling the needs and arrangements for the modern family. Twentysix were approached to re-look at the layout and design a new 2 storey and single storey contemporary extension along with refurbishing the existing villa.
Our approach for the project was to add a series of extensions to the property which would sit comfortably with the existing white washed walls whilst still creating a clear distinction to the new and existing, maintaining the importance of the villas proportions and repetition along the street.
A number of newer add-on outbuildings and bays are removed and a large open plan family living space is added to the rear of the property creating strong connections to the landscape and benefiting from the morning sun.
A new 2 storey side extension is added to allow for more functional space such as a boot room, home office and utility along with ample storage accessed from a new ‘dirty entrance’, all well needed with kids and dogs.
The upper level allows for a dressing room accessed from the master bedroom and allowance for a 5th bedroom. The current family bathroom was compromised and small and so a new first floor extension sits out to the rear over the ground floor extension to provide a large family bathroom and further space to the existing bedrooms.
Materiality is key for us in order to ensure the new additions do not detract from the existing villas appearance and help enhance the property complimenting existing details and features. To do this we opted for a white brick with stack bonded detailed sections to provide a slight contrast to the existing render. Internally the space is designed to be minimal but homely with warm oak panels and concrete floor tiles.