Mount Road

This oak framed sunspace was designed as a replacement to a previous uPVC sunroom which had been constructed onto an historic villa in Montrose. The previous sunspace extended beyond the original house incongruently. It obscured the views of the rear of the property and made the rooms within the house dark and unwelcoming.

The aspiration of the replacement sunroom was to create a more usable open-plan space with a brighter interior and more in keeping with the house. The result was to reduce the size of the extension and to simplify the plan and the appearance of the house. A large steel beam was inserted to allow the removal of the external wall and the amalgamation of previously internal rooms to create a large open plan living space. A solid oak structure frames large panels of glazing with wrap over patent glazing to the roof flooding the interior with afternoon and evening light and enhancing the connection between the house and garden. Externally, the glazing and oak frame sits back from and subservient to the main house allowing the shape of the old roof-scape to be defined separately to the oak extension.

Type of Project: Conservation/Historic buildings