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This Victorian house is a good example of a mid-19th century home.
It's cross-shaped, built with sandsone cladding, iron lattice work and high ceilings.
Its downside was separate, closed-in rooms, which didn't encourage interaction.
It's very hard to re-create an older look well. The thinking was not to copy, but relate to it sensitively and interpret the character of the building in a modern way.
It's a contemporary interpretation of Victorian proportions and detailing.
The extension was required because the family felt there was not enough room for modern living in the existing house.
The owners had specific ideas, including demolishing the existing weatherboard addition and replacing it with a more appropriate and roomy extension.
The house has a heritage listing, so the architects had to go back and forth a bit between the owners and the respective authorities. But in the end everyone was happy that the addition was sensitive to the original structure.
Externally, the coloured plaster finish of the extension will age nicely and develop a patina, so it will blend with the sandstone.
But to make both parts of the home stand out as separate entities, they had to be cleverly and subtly joined. This has been done with a vertical, segmented, glass panel.
There had to be some negative separation between old and new, if they'd just slammed into each other, it would not have been a happy meeting. This way they just touch lightly.
Inside, the two styles have been segregated as well, with the original staircase sitting in the middle, as a centrepiece to the home. It has been beautifully maintained and turns the entry foyer into a feature.
On the right are the living areas, housed in the addition. The private rooms, such as bedrooms and bathrooms, remain in the original house, but some remodelling work was undertaken. It was kept simple and in period style, and the new layout allowed for additional rooms.
The original home has cedar furniture and traditional fabrics and is quite snug and cosy. The drawing room, for example, is an intimate place with a fireplace and heavy furniture.
The newer area has large, open-plan spaces for the kitchen, living and dining rooms, which capture plenty of sunlight. It's finished in modern materials such as stainless steel and wood veneers, and neutral shades.
A feature of this area is the use of sandstone blocks. As the exterior of the original house, these walls were unaltered, and become part of the interior dZcor and a visual link between old and new. This is one example of the subtle connections between the two parts of the home and their distinctive styles.
Another example is the rosewood parquet flooring. It had been replaced in the older part of the home, and then carried through to the extension.
The grandeur and intensity of the Victorian house is felt in the addition, too. High ceilings feature throughout, reaching 3.6m high in the older part of the home.
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