UK studio Cowper Griffith Architects has combined the medieval fabric of the 14th-century Calverley Old Hall in West Yorkshire, England, with contemporary additions to create a holiday home for the Landmark Trust charity.
The Grade I-listed medieval hall in the town of Calverley, which was in a largely derelict state, was overhauled by the studio to create a five-bedroom holiday home.
With its design, the studio aimed to balance repairing the existing building with making modern interventions to "recapture the essence of a historic manor house".
Cowper Griffith Architects has created a holiday home in the Calverley Old Hall
"The goal was to repair and alter in ways that enhance and recapture the essence of a historic manor house," Cowper Griffith Architects partner Karen Lim told Dezeen. "This has involved analysis of the fabric and the study of buildings of a similar typology and age." "Great care was taken to assess each part of the building structure; to repair where possible and to insert new elements such as the structure for the missing first floor of the Solar and the lift required for accessibility in a way that would minimise their impact on the historic fabric both practically and aesthetically," she continued.
"New interventions should have a design value of their own being both fit for purpose and aesthetically pleasing."
The 15th-century Great Hall is now a kitchen and dining space
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