AR Design Studio showcases Winchester renovation

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Source: Martin Gardner

Practice calls time on piecemeal extensions at former pub in conservation area

AR Design Studio removed a hotchpotch of single-storey extensions to a grade II-listed 18th century home in Winchester, and replaced them with a decidedly 21st century version.

The practice’s Artist’s House project delivered a new single space that reconnects the various components of the property – which was a pub until 1903 – and opened it up again to its garden.

AR Design Studio, which is based in Winchester, said key to the project was “pulling the extension away from the original rear wall of the house”, and bridging the gap with a full-width rooflight that allows natural light in.

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