MRT Architects have gained Planning permission for this beautiful Cottage near Bidford-on-Avon a beautiful stone bungalow in a rural setting. The property has permission to build rear and side extensions, and to create dormer windows in order to facilitate a loft conversion. Further internal alterations are proposed in order to create a lovely flow through the property.
The bungalow is situated on a quiet no-through lane near to Bidford Grange golf course, in a large garden surrounded by farmland.
The bungalow was purchased by our clients to be their forever home. The property is quite tired looking both internally and externally and will now be updated to suit the lifestyle of our clients and to bring out the existing beautiful features and to further improve the spaces by the way of extending the property to fuse into the landscape.
Silver Jubilee for our wonderful Office Administrator!
Today marks our wonderful Office Administrators 25th year working at MRT! Here are some words of thanks from her fellow colleagues along with a brief message from Pauline herself.
Its a big thank you to Pauline for 25 years of excellent work at MRT Architects excelling at project and practice administration from inception to completion. Special thanks for your good humour, patience and commitment to the office and of course your perseverance and loyalty. You have and continue to make a top contribution to our success so thank you again for now and for your blossoming future at MRT. – Simon Marson
Pauline is the glue that holds us all together with her bubbly personality and sense of humour, kindness and incredible knowledge of the practice – Emma
The many years of service are a true testimony of your dedication to MRT – Paul
If MRT was a house, Pauline would be the foundations that keep the house standing! – Steve
Pauline also known as ‘Aunty P’ is a huge asset to the practice and we appreciate everything that she does for us all! – Annabel
Pauline (Aunty P) is so kind to all and so knowledgeable, she is always happy to help whenever I need her and MRT would not be the same without her! – Hannah
Pauline:
Thank you all for your very kind wishes and comments, I feel quite emotional after reading them!
It has been a great pleasure for me to work at MRT for so long with architects, technicians, and support personnel over all these years. I love my job and get rewarded in many ways and I hope to carry on my work with you all.
I will of course, continue to remind you to keep your desks clear and tidy and wash up your mug after use and more annoying comments but I will be happy to assist you in achieving yet another planning approval wherever I can.
Keep on being the best and most successful practice around.
Heritage property given new life with carefully considered renovations
Its always good to work with old heritage buildings and give new life with a carefully considered renovations.
This 16th Century gem has been upgraded to provide modern day living with ensuite shower/bathrooms and knock throughs to create living dining with additional refurbished sitting rooms. All the principal features have been retained with old inglenooks and open fireplaces, beams and stonework exposed to view. Its Grade II Listed and has some unique surviving plaster reliefs of a Shakespearean time frame, with Planning and Listed Building Consent was achieved by negotiation with Conservation Officers.
This four-bedroom house will be available for holiday lets soon and there is a garden project coming on too!
A follow up forthcoming soon when furnished by the Interior Designer!
Terraced House in Old Town
A long time ago our clients enjoyed living in a terraced house in Old Town within a few minutes from Holy Trinity Church, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, by the River Avon and all the amenities of historic Stratford upon Avon.
Attracted once more to this Georgian haven, our clients purchased a house adjacent to their previous one and then acquired one more next door with an aim to cojoin all into a single spacious home. Our brief was to facilitate this ambition and in doing so we obtained listed building consent in the conservation area to alter and extend both buildings after extensive demolition and stitching together!
On the ground floor an integral garage was converted into a spacious entrance hall with cloakroom and glazed doors into a grand sitting room. Within the centre of the remodelled house is a central lightwell and sculptural oak staircase sat below a glazed lantern capturing daylight and sunshine deep into the interior and basement below. At the rear, a kitchen dining and family room sit under another glazed roof light all looking through glazed sliding doors into a neat landscaped architectural inspired courtyard.
Upstairs there are two large bedrooms vaulted to the underside of the roof with dressing rooms and ensuite bathrooms, offering perfect living areas.
Overall, this is an amazing house in a great location in the centre of Stratford upon Avon offering expansive accommodation with attractive interior design, flooded with natural light and energy.
New Garden outhouse set in the Cotswolds
Completion of a new garden outhouse set in the Cotswolds has been completed.
Following Planning Permission to convert the house into 3 dwellings, 2 were sold, the third retained and a new house was built in the extended garden. The new owners of Cowley House commissioned MRT Architects to build a potting shed for lots of storage requirements. The single storey L shaped stone outhouse building is an essay in Cotswold vernacular designed to blend effortlessly into the setting of the historic house.
Its functional and pretty at the same time and a joy to the eye.
