The Parchment Works. Credit: Johan DehlinThe Parchment Works. Credit: Johan Dehlin
The Parchment Works. Credit: Johan Dehlin

The Parchment Works: Take a look inside this Grade II listed Northamptonshire home which was featured on BBC2

Beautiful Northamptonshire home used as inspiration on BBC2 programme

The Parchment Works in Northamptonshire was featured on BBC2 last night (May 31) - and it's got a lot of people in the county wanting to know more.

The Grade II listed building featured on Your Home Made Perfect and was used as inspiration for how the clients could design their own property.

The Victorian house is located in the village of Gretton, just north of Corby, and was designed by Will Gamble Architects.

Here's what the architects said about the property: "The existing property consisted of a Grade II listed double fronted Victorian house. Connected to the house was a disused cattle shed and beyond that a ruin, which was a former parchment factory and scheduled monument.

"The client’s initial brief was to convert the cattle shed and demolish the ruin to make way for a new extension. From the beginning of the design process it was clear that the client viewed the ruin as a constraint as opposed to a positive asset that could be celebrated through a sensitive but well conceived intervention.

"Instead of demolishing the ruin, Will Gamble Architects proposed ‘a building within a building’ - where two lightweight volumes could be delicately inserted within the masonry walls in order to preserve and celebrate it.

"A palette of honest materials were chosen both internally and externally which references the site’s history and the surrounding rural context.

"Externally, corten steel, oak, and reclaimed brick were used. The extension was built from up-cycled materials predominantly found on site which was both cost effective and sustainable, whilst allowing the proposal to sensitively blend into its surroundings.

"Internally the structural beams of the existing cattle shed were exposed, as well as the steelwork to the new parts - the stone walls were re-pointed and washed in lime to create a mottled effect, and a concrete plinth was cast along the base to create a monolithic skirting.

"A contemporary kitchen (also designed by the practice) juxtaposes the uneven and disordered nature of the ruin and continues the theme of a modern intervention set within a historic context."

The building's awards include: British Homes Awards - Home Extension of the Year 2020 (WINNER) | British Homes Awards - Interior Designer of the Year 2020 (WINNER) | AJ (Architect’s Journal) Small Projects 2020 Award

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