DESCRIPTION:
Mid Victorian gate house to a former country estate.
Built in Cheshire red sandstone and tastefully restored
and extended by its present owner.
PROJECT DETAILS: Challenge: to supply
quality stained glass windows and doors.
Solution: rescued stained glass windows and doors
from 19th century dismantled homes.
Challenge:
to source an impressive spiral staircase.
Solution: discovered spiral staircase in former
Merseyside Passenger Transport Depot and re-modeled
it for domestic use.
Challenge:
to source decorative ironwork for both interior wall
panels provide iron gates and stone mullion windows
for exterior use.
Solution: items found in France.
SUMMARY:
The client’s undoubted vision and construction
skills have produced a home of real character and the
Victorian Lodge house is now a good advert for the sympathetic
use of architectural antiques.
