Refurbishment and Restore Issue 13 2018 | Page 6

THE PILOT’S HOUSE ARCHITECT AR Design Studio, Calpe House20 Little Minster Street, Winchester, SO23 9HB, UK www.ardesignstudio.co.uk www.twitter.com/ARDesign_Studio www.instagram.com/ardesignstudio/ 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. 6 - www.refurbandrestore.co.uk AR Design Studio