Lynford Way
House extension and garden annexe for a 1950s semi
Location: Winchester, Hampshire
, UK
Status: Planning granted
Area: 297m² / 3,200ft²
2024-25
A 1950s semi-detached house in Winchester sat on an unusually large quarter-acre plot but had never been extended to match it. We designed an extension and a garden annexe so three generations of one family can live there, with the annexe built first. The family can then stay on site while the main house is transformed. A part single, part two-storey extension opens the ground floor to the garden, the loft becomes a habitable second floor, and heat pumps and MVHR serve both buildings. Planning was granted in 2025.
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Repositioned stairs free the entrance level for a hallway and utility, and a rooflight over the single-storey section brings in daylight and purge ventilation. The annexe sits along the southern boundary, placed to respect mature trees and limit impact on neighbours, with careful massing across the plot's 2.5m slope. A mono-pitch zinc roof keeps it subordinate; brick detailing picks up the existing soldier coursing, and timber cladding ties it back to the main house.
Process
Concept design
Existing 84m² house and very long garden
Drawings
222.
Lynford Way
Year:
2024-25
CF team: Francis Fawcett, Oliver Cooke, Sophie Edwards, Henry Aldridge