Innox House
Contemporary Extension & Alterations to a Somerset Country House
This unlisted Victorian country house built in the classical revival style is situated on the edge of a rural Somerset village and benefits from generous grounds and distant views. The client wished to refurbish the whole house and create a new extension that would connect the kitchen to the garden and provide a space in which the family could gather informally.
The open glazed frame of the new addition contrasts with the solidity of the house but remains sympathetic to the setting through the use of traditional materials including bath stone ashlar and pre-formed metal sheets. The full height sliding glass doors move in multiple configurations to blur the boundary between inside and outside.
The new roof and floor constructions were highly insulated to allow the use of extensive glazing and yet provide a stable and comfortable internal climate throughout the year. A linear rooflight runs the entire length of the structure which visually separates the extension from the house and aligns with the new staircase below that leads into the converted basement rooms which include a games room, home cinema and wine cellar.
A subsequent further phase of works was commissioned to convert the former stable and garage to the rear of the House into ancillary accommodation providing a home gym and a guest suite for family members to use.
Frameless glass corner of the garden room
Direct access into the garden
Linear rooflight and stair below
Converted stable with oak framed screens set behind original doors
The approach
The setting
