Edwardian Country House Kitchen
HAMPSHIRE
Before purchasing their home our client had already known the house for a long time, as it originally belonged to her friend’s parents. In need of some renovation and with the help of Adam Architecture, they created a captivating vision for the future of this classic Grade II listed English country home.
Set within glorious grounds and dating back to the late 17th century, the majority of the elegant and well-proportioned rooms face south overlooking the mature gardens, something our clients wanted to enhance further when renovating and remodelling this house.
Relocating The Kitchen To A Larger Room
As with any house of this size a large family kitchen forms a focal point in the home. However, the original kitchen was one of the smallest rooms on the ground floor, hidden in a corner of the property with multiple ancillary rooms leading from it. They were functional spaces but lacked focus and cohesion. We are often tasked with moving a kitchen to a larger room within a period property, and this was no exception.
The original drawing room featured an oak floor, with an enormous full height bay window that overlooked the mature garden. This is grand room and it felt most appropriate to re-locate the kitchen in to this space to make full use of the large footprint, creating a central family space, perfect for entertaining.
The original kitchen was a tiny space, located in a corner of the house, and felt disproportionate for a home of this size. It felt more appropriate to relocate it to what was the drawing room. This created a large family kitchen, making full use of the floor to ceiling windows and the view to the garden.
KATE LAWRENCE - PARR
FEATURES
Hand Painted Kitchen Cabinetry
With a tall elegant ceiling height and the beautiful feature window, the kitchen design lent itself to an ethereal aesthetic.
Our Cook’s Table kitchen island sits centrally in room, its refined proportions do not overwhelm the space, but simply enhance it. Hand painted in Edward Bulmer’s Fine Green, the chosen colour naturally connects with the garden beyond.
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Bespoke Storage Solutions
Classically proportioned cabinetry painted in Paint and Paper Library Stone III, sit comfortably around the room.
Along the largest wall a series of bespoke cabinets house a hidden Miele Mastercool extra large fridge and freezer, along with a centrally located bespoke pantry cabinet and storage drawers complete with an integrated Miele microwave.
The interior of this piece has been painted in a contrasting colour; Edward Bulmer’s Sang De Boeuf.
We took inspiration from the many original period features found throughout the property, such as decorative cornicing, ceiling roses, sash and Venetian windows.
KATE LAWRENCE-PARR
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Kitchen Appliances & Hardware
The AGA is positioned in a redundant fireplace beneath a bespoke mantle piece that hides a Novy extractor. Our clients intended to put in a large stone surround over the AGA but decided to go for the more refined and subtle over mantle inspired by the one they had seen in our design studio.
The fluted sink area features a Quooker tap and cooler cube, along with Barber Wilsons & Co. Regent 3 Hole mixer tap in polished brass living finish complete this area.
Optimum Brasses pulls, knobs, swan necks and bar handles in ‘Antique Brass’ finish are used throughout all the back of house rooms.
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