THE PILOT’S HOUSE
ARCHITECT
AR Design Studio, Calpe House20 Little
Minster Street, Winchester, SO23 9HB, UK
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SIZE
Existing- GIA 375sqm
Extension- GIA 170sqm
Total- GIA 545sqm
CONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS
Contractor - Blue Fish Construction Ltd
AV - Pure Home Technology
Swimming Pool - Origin Pools
Tiles - Stone and Ceramic Warehouse
Bathroom Furniture - Bathroom Warehouse
Winchester Kitchen - Designspace London
AWARDS
Shortlisted for AJ Retrofit Awards 2016-
‘Retrofit House Award Over £500,000’
DESCRIPTION
Built in the mid-19th century, The Pilot’s House
was one of the original ‘Winchester Villas’; a
collection of family homes built for the wealthy
and located close to England’s oldest school,
Winchester College. Built using fine brick-
work and flint masonry, the houses were an
exquisite example of a grand family home.
Jumping ahead by nearly two hundred years,
a married couple facing Winchester’s soaring
house prices and in search of a family home
for their four children and dog, stumbled
upon the house in a sorry state of disrepair.
Seeing the potential to restore it back to its
former glory they knew they had to purchase
it. Occupied with Department of Health and
Social Services tenants, the house had a
myriad of damp and oddly shaped rooms
that had unceremoniously been arranged to
maximise occupancy with little care to the
quality of the living space or respect to the old
home. The roof was also leaky and close to
disrepair.
AR Design Studio was approached by the
clients with a brief to return the home to its
original splendour and add a 21st Century
twist. As well as finely detailed conservation
and restoration, the clients were keen to add a
modern open-plan living space and an indoor
swimming pool. As experts in both restoration
and contemporary design, AR Design Studio
were the perfect architects to undertake the
work and proposed a scheme that would give
the clients the family home that they had
always dreamed of whilst making their mark
on the house with a modern enhancement.
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