Cloud House

 

Location Toft Green, Staffordshire

Client Private Client

Scope Alterations and Extension to a Listed Building

Status Completed 2021

Planning Authority Staffordshire Moorlands

A Grade 2 listed farmhouse before development, removing ad-hoc extensions and adding a new single storey low pitched extension accommodating a kitchen, dining space and office for farm use.
Before

Dating from the 1500s, Cloud House Farm is a working dairy farm near Congleton operated by the family for five generations. Hayes and Partners obtained planning and listed building consent for alterations and extensions to a Grade II listed farmhouse to accommodate a young family. The single storey extensions is contemporary in design and accommodates an open plan kitchen/dining space and a brew roof for the farm staff.

The new extension replaced previous ad-hoc forms, with two freestanding smooth ashlar stone walls linked by a low-profile roof.  Junctions with historic fabric are glazed allowing sunlight to fall across the original exposed stone wall, and the extension is transparent so the original house remains visible.

The renovations to the house included the installation of a new biomass heating boiler to provide low-cost sustainable heat to the house, and slim underfloor heating to provide an even low-level heat throughout the house, without needing to amend the historic door openings. All together this provided a home which is now warm and comfortable to live in while adhering to the restrictions imposed by the heritage of the building.

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A new rear extension to a Grade 2 listed farmhouse with exposed original stonework of the farmhouse. Large roof glazing over the entrance hall and surrounding the original chimney. Solid timber panelled doors and architraves
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line drawing of ground floor plan of Grade 2 listed stone farmhouse. Black depicting new rear extension with large glazed openings to open plan kitchen and dining area and alterations to the existing farmhouse within
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line drawing of the site plan at Cloud House, with a new single storey rear extension to the Grade 2 listed farmhouse, in the setting of agricultural buildings and farmland.
side elevation of a new single storey rear extension to a Grade 2 listed farmhouse with full height glazed openings providing views into highlighting the original exposed stonework with spotlights highlighting key features
external view of a new rear extension to a Grade 2 listed farmhouse with coursed stone to complement the original stonework and stone mullion windows. Thin framed openings, roof glazing and zinc roof covering creates a modern, sleek extension
renovated entrance hall to a Grade 2 listed stone farmhouse with the original stonework fabric exposed. built in storage for boots and coats and large pendant light shades
A new rear extension to a Grade 2 listed farmhouse with roof glazing bridging the new modern extension to the original stone fabric of the farmhouse
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line drawing of the rear elevation at grade 2 listed stone farmhouse. New addition in coursed stone and with low pitch zinc lad roof with rooflights.
line drawing section of Grade 2 listed stone farmhouse with new rear extension cutting through up and over full height glazing.
line drawing section of Grade 2 listed stone farmhouse with new rear extension cutting through dining area with large glazed sliding doors and roof glazing above at junctions with the existing building.
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A new kitchen and dining rear extension to a Grade 2 listed farmhouse with large floor to ceiling openings and large roof glazing and rooflights allowing natural light into the new, modern space with sunlight washing over the exposed original stonework
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