Alteration and Extension at Baring Crescent, Exeter
This project included the Extension, Alteration and Interiors for a large, detached, Georgian townhouse. The house is part of a Crescent of large detached homes around a private garden in the centre of the St Leonard’s Conservation Area in Exeter. This particular house was badly damaged during the Exeter Blitz and was extensively re-built. Although not Listed, the works were extremely sensitive due to the neighbouring and adjoining listed Buidlings and its setting.
The project included the creation of a large kitchen extension at the rear of the property, and the modernisation of the existing building including the excavation and conversion of the original basement (which was uncovered during the works).
The resulting living spaces have a bright, modern and fresh feel that blends well with the house’s original style. The high quality contemporary kitchen extension sits within the historic context, creating a combination of different, but complimentary, spaces.
Built in 1818, the houses on Baring Crescent are both simple and striking in appearance, and the property we worked on was one of the three to be completely burnt out during the Blitz of 1942, and was subsequently internally altered, making the basement inaccessible. This very aspect of the house became one of the project’s most exciting aspects, though, as the complete excavation of the basement was undertaken in order to create more living space.
