Kimpton Grange

A simple question was posed at our first site visit - 'what can we do with Kimpton Grange?'. The client's knowing our success in Green Belt, wanted our opinion.

The existing landscaped grounds signified grandeur of a past era alongside the Grange itself. Our thoughts were to break it down and turn it into a wonderful place to live for many, not a few. This was not something that had previously been considered when Kimpton failed to sell as a whole entity - likely due to the price tag and scale of work required.

With re-use and re-purpose as our view, we used features like the lake to make new housing in strategic locations and revamp the indoor and outdoor pool complexes for communal use, for maximum developmental value.

Rather than retain one incredibly large manor house, we felt it more efficient to convert Kimpton Grange  itself, into 6 stunning apartments. The proposal takes on a sensitive and sustainable  approach to the conversion, maintaining many of the internal walls, carved up creatively to form new abodes and bringing to life key features like fireplaces or feature ceiling details. Performance of the building is upgraded through insulation, new windows and a ground source heat pump for heating.  

Each one of the new homes has a traditional architectural form,  nestled to relate to the topography of the site and thus minimising excavation works and reducing the carbon footprint of the proposal.

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