Church Cottage

This cottage was described in the Vale of Glamorgan Inventory as 'a regional house, once two thatched cottages with lateral entry stairs' and registered as a county treasure.

Church Cottage lies between ancient stone boundary walls, terraced into the banks of the rolling hills of South Wales, and the architect's sensitive interventions seek to preserve the qualities of the original building fabric.

Lime mortars and breathable construction techniques have been carefully applied to the restoration of existing fabric.

Accommodation is extended into the site topography with a cluster of slate roof forms resting on a continuation of the original rubble stone boundary retaining wall.

Integration between new and existing is formed by a light touch glazed link between the new and old. Internally, the new oak and painted brick of the extension and en-suite are clearly distinct from the original cottage fabric.