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Vale Garden Houses, Belton Park, Londonthorpe Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9SJ.
Vale Garden Houses, Belton Park, Londonthorpe Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9SJ.
The undeniable quality and deep rich tones of architectural bronze sitting within a traditional timber framework helps to create a truly unique room for these homeowners.
Looking for a suitable addition to their second home, the owners wanted a smaller and more accessible dining room with direct access to a small snug. This way, the owners could make use of solely these spaces rather than open up the whole house every time they spent a weekend there.
The design incorporated bronze elements throughout, including internal windows and door sets and upper bedroom windows to match. They also knocked through to an adjacent room giving access from the garden room into the dining room of the main house.
The stark contrast between the hard lines of architectural bronze and the soft tones of painted timber create a bold and striking effect.
The architectural bronze casements and doors are set within a classical framework with tuscan pilasters and deep entablature with cornice.
The rich depth of colour within the internal doors and windows helps to link the new orangery addition with the existing property.
An interesting feature is the heating system. It was not practical to heat the whole house just for a weekend visit, as apart from the cost, it took too long to be effective over a short period.
The kitchen had a small boiler to power a couple of radiators in the kitchen and snug and it was suggested they incorporated trench heating with a dual system combining electric and water elements. The idea of this being to switch on the electric elements when they arrived at the house to provide instant heat, then after a while when the boiler had powered up, they would switch to the water elements for the remainder of their stay, with occasional boosts from the electric elements if necessary.
