The Coach House, Wilburton
The Coach House is sited within the curtilage of a Grade 2 * listed rectory. It comprises three late 18th C bays with a fourth 19th C addition. It was sited in mature Yew trees and screened from all directions. The roof structure was secure, but the lack of guttering and general maintainance had taken its toll on the external brickwork and the first floor structure.
The Coach House has been converted to residential use, with a single storey extension added to the rear. The conversion was planned around the retention of the existing external window and door openings, and a condition of the LB consent was that external frames should be painted.
The client had a stock of home-seasoned oak, and beech. The oak was milled up and used for internal doors and frames, floor boarding and kitchen units.
The existing first floor posts and cross beams were Douglas fir. New posts and beams were installed and oak was also used for the extension structure.. The extension walls and panels in the former door openings were clad with untreated western red cedar.
