Townhouse

Early 19th century, 4-storey townhouse built by Robert Reid and William Sibbald that forms part of a 21-bay terraced tenement. This is a category A listed building located with the New Town Conservation Area and World Heritage Site.

The works included reinstating the town house as the lower ground floor which had been split into a separate property. To the rear of the property the single storey extension was removed and replaced with a dining room extension.

Internal alterations were to renew the existing stone staircase which restored the original circulation pattern. At the bottom of the stairs an integrated fire curtain allows the stairwell to be open to the newly relocated kitchen. Existing internal walls were removed to create a large social space which leads into the new dining extension.

The single storey extension has a zinc roof which sits on a timber portal and is cantilevered in the corner. Other than boundary wall and a stone nib the extension is fully glazed which maximises the south light to enter into the kitchen and dining. The sliding folding doors within the timber portal allows the room to be fully open and become part of the lower terrace.

Externally the terraced garden is on two levels, the extension incorporates both levels by way of the corner window cill, steps and landscaping.

Images taken by Dapple Photography.