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Edge
BRINGING A VICTORIAN HOUSE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY
Edge has recently completed the renovation of an 1840s Victorian private residential property in a Yorkshire market town to include contemporary insertions such as open plan living, sound proofing acoustics and working at home space and technology that bring the property into the 21st century. was transforming work and adopted hybrid working. Now based in a ‘15 min city’, this property provides a family home and a Hub for the client’s business.
The house had been subject to numerous alterations over the years, with many of the original features obscured, removed or poorly maintained, but it was clear that a major refurbishment would bring it up to its potential. The vision was to create a light, bright, individual family home while also ensuring that the design reflected and enhanced the qualities of the original architecture.
The original part of the house has spectacular ceiling heights, so the client wanted to ensure that they enjoyed maximum use of them.
This led to the decision to open up the two primary ground floor spaces to become a lounge diner with a bar and with access to the garden – all great entertaining space. There is also a tv garden room, designed to be a destination, which is an indoor-outdoor space for entertaining.
The light aspect encouraged opening up the hallway to allow daylight to radiate through the space and creating a dramatic three-story volume that wraps through the property.
The colour palette for the walls on the ground floor is neutral, providing a backdrop to contemporary, colourful features such as iconic chandeliers and pops of colour from artwork and furnishings. The Victorian heritage of the property has been restored and the building’s original features shine through with the wide wooden planks on the ground floor, fireplaces, bespoke Yorkshire Rose ceiling moulds and classic period covings and with the addition of other design elements such as the black traditional radiators. The bright, multi-coloured, patterned carpet on the stairs and landings provides a dramatic contrast.
Each room has its own personality reflecting given different ambiances throughout. The office has a workspace, VC/meeting room, dedicated wc/shower space and is on the top floor of the property. It was a conscious decision to put this on the top floor of the property, to close it off from the main living space, and by using two rooms, provided a solution for acoustics for the couple working. The property also had an unusable but sizable basement which we were keen to activate, so the client tanked the space to create a utility room, wine store and storage area. They also connected all four floors of the house through a dumb waiter – a big advantage when carrying laundry up four flights.
