We’re excited to see that our newly completed North Norfolk House has been featured in Urban Front’s magazine Door Couture – Hallways Edition.
The bespoke iroko door by Urban Front is a key part of the house’s design and the exceptional craftsmanship sets the tone for the rest of the house. We look forward to photographing the house further in the spring.
The full article can be read here
CGA have recently completed a feasibility study for a Paragraph 79 house which sits outside the development framework of a small North Norfolk village. The plots historic use as a saw pit is informally referenced in the use of a lowered courtyard which creates a private external space and focuses views upwards to the uninterrupted sky view.
‘The ‘pit’ also maximises accommodation while allowing the built form above ground to be low-lying and as discrete as possible in this sensitive back land site. Chalk walling laid in different patterns was identified as the ideal building stone because of the prevalence of the material in the area and availability from a local pit.
'Paragraph 79' is a mechanism within the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) that allows new isolated homes to be built in the countryside where they are of exceptional quality of design.
We’re excited to see that our recently completed private house project in Greater London has been nominated for this year’s CEDIA awards. The project is up for ‘Best Integrated Home Level 3’ category. The seamless home integration system was designed and installed by Perfect Intergration Ltd.
The award results are being announced on the 8th October.
With the birdcage coming down, our curtilage Listed barn in Cambridge is beginning to reveal itself once more, as we convert from outbuilding and squash court to family home.
Ceilings, lighting drops, fans and sprinkler systems are all installed. Windows arriving tomorrow.
This spacious first floor provides two dramatic, bridge-linked, double height living areas, with continuous rooflights in the purlin zone and sharp beech ply detailing to new openings, in pronounced contrast to exposed and raw historic fabric.
Flooded with natural light and pared back in detail, it should be the perfect backdrop for our client’s artworks.
The project will soon be fully weathertight, and ready to enter the final stages. Thanks to local Contractor Arnold & Willis for their ongoing efforts and collaborative approach.
CGA are pleased to announce the recent completion of the new Geological Collection Archive for the University of Cambridge. The project involved the extension of the A.G Brighton building to create a new facility for the Sedgwick Museum, Department of Earth Sciences and CASP.
The building hosts a world-renowned collection which includes geological specimens collected by Darwin on his 1831 voyage to North Wales and by Priestly on the 1910 Antarctic Terra Nova expedition under Captain Scott. Many samples have been sourced from remote regions, mines which have been closed and quarries which have since been backfilled, making their replacement prohibitively expensive if not impossible.
The extension has been designed to provide ideal conditions for the longevity of the stored specimens whilst also providing an accessible, functional and welcoming experience. The massing of the extension is conceived as three regular volumes which step down from the large collections store at the rear to the lower “human scale” of the entrance and archival research room at the front of the site.
With the building now complete, the 2-year relocation process has started. Each specimen is being individually weighed and labelled before being installed within specialist storage equipment which has been tailored to the buildings purpose. The archive has approximately 245 linear metres of adjustable shelving to house c.4000 purpose-built archive boxes & the Geological Collection store contains 475 storage racks designed to hold approximately 1600 trays/drawers.
Cowper Griffith Architects were responsible for gaining planning permission on behalf of the University and were later novated to the contractor to oversee construction.
We are pleased to note that enabling works have started on the Youngsbury Estate. The works include the installation of exclusion fencing for great crested newts and a number of targeted archaeological investigations. The project contract is currently being tendered with a view to starting late 2020.
Youngsbury is an early C18 Grade II listed house in Hertfordshire built in 1745 and designed by James Paine, one of the most respected architects of the time. The house also sits within a parkland estate design by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown.
Following a long period of negotiation with the Local Authority, CGA received planning and listed building consent for a site wide masterplan including reinstatement the historic second floor, roof structure, the introduction of slim double glazing and contemporary orangery extension.
CGA is delighted to have secured, at first time of asking, consent to create a mixed use scheme in the setting of the stunning St Osyth Priory, a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The low impact proposals involve temporary car parking, a microbrewery, café, farm shop, visitor centre and a reinstated historic orchard. The scheme sits alongside a Grade II* boundary wall.
A converted, C20 barn combines with repurposed shipping containers to create an informal visitor ‘yard’ for leisure and retail, acting as a jumping-off point for further exploration of the broader Priory site.
Simon Redman, partner at Cowper Griffith, is cycling over 200 miles tomorrow to support ‘Please Take Me There’, a local charity helping seriously ill children reach essential, specialist medical treatment, both in the UK and abroad.
You can support Simon here:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/simonredman200
We are delighted to see our designs for the Grade II* Roundhouse in Birmingham nearing completion, in their original form, in this recent article in the RIBA Journal.
A unique and wonderful building, and a fine example of commercial and community activity sustaining the restoration of an important asset.
We wish them great success!
CGA has recently secured consent for alterations and replacement extensions to a grade II listed property in Suffolk. Set within an area of outstanding natural beauty, the unique house sits on a promontory on the north side of Martlesham Creek facing south east towards the Deben River Estuary.
The house was built in 1933 and remained in the ownership of the architect Hilda Mason and her sister for their own use until her death in 1955. Hilda Mason is noteworthy as one of only 7 women architects who designed Listed buildings between WW1 & WW2.
Following a pre-app with the local authority, CGA successfully obtained permission for replacement extensions including a modern living room, study and gym. Permission was also granted a number of fabric alterations including the replacement of the existing windows, external insulation and the installation of underfloor heating within the existing house.
CGA are currently preparing a tender package for the construction works with a view to starting onsite late 2020.
