SHIPBROOK HILL FARM, WHATCROFT

Large contemporary ultra-high specification kitchen extension and refurbishment of farm house Hough Construction won this project by competitive tender through a Chester based chartered Architects practice.

Scope of works

• Demolish existing kitchen, dining, sun-room extension
• Re-roof farm house using reclaimed Welsh slates
• Form 2 new rear dormer roof windows with sheet lead cladding
• Convert loft into 2 new guest bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms
• Construct new kitchen/diner/family room/utility and ground floor WC extension
• Extensive patio laid to same levels as the extension by the use of concrete beam and block floors
• Limestone tiling and wood floor finishes
• Bathroom & kitchen installations
• Complete decoration throughout
• Installation of drainage treatment plants
• External landscaping and driveway

Specialist features

• Feature brickwork using Furness bricks
• Kiln dried oak feature trusses to support roof structure with stainless steel ironmongery
• High specification windows and doors by Velfac
• Sunflex aluminium bi-folding doors
• Electric sliding panel blinds by Silent Gliss
• Solid oak bespoke front entrance door with sidelights
• Nu-heat underfloor heating throughout
• NEO 7 Conservation roof Window by The Rooflight Company
• Bespoke hardwood hand painted kitchen with granite work surfaces
• Frameless glass balustrading
• Bespoke solid oak pergola