| Extending a listed building 22:02 - Feb 16 with 1243 views | clive_baker |
Alright you legends.
Anyone got any experience of extending a Grade II listed building? How much of a ball ache is it? |  |
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| Extending a listed building on 00:02 - Feb 17 with 1181 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Main issues;
1. What does the listing say about the property, which specific features are mentioned in the listing, and will they be impacted by the works?
2. Planners generally prefer the extension to be a contemporary design that has a clear distinction from the original building. They don't want the design to be a pastiche.
3. Is there any other protection. I.e. Conservation area?
4. It won't just be the planners getting involved. They key person in the decision making process will be the conservation officer..... and they really are a law unto themselves. They can insist on specialist techniques or materials that may impact on cost.
5. You may need to use specialist trades and advisors, which again will come at a cost.
It's perfectly possible to extend a listed building, but it is likely to take longer to get consent and will definitely be more expensive.
Best thing you can do... get a good architect on board who has a good track record of working on listed buildings, and preferably with the same local planning authority. |  |
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| Extending a listed building on 01:27 - Feb 17 with 1143 views | ITFC_Blood |
Architect here
Any questions PM me |  |
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| Extending a listed building on 00:02 - Feb 17 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Main issues;
1. What does the listing say about the property, which specific features are mentioned in the listing, and will they be impacted by the works?
2. Planners generally prefer the extension to be a contemporary design that has a clear distinction from the original building. They don't want the design to be a pastiche.
3. Is there any other protection. I.e. Conservation area?
4. It won't just be the planners getting involved. They key person in the decision making process will be the conservation officer..... and they really are a law unto themselves. They can insist on specialist techniques or materials that may impact on cost.
5. You may need to use specialist trades and advisors, which again will come at a cost.
It's perfectly possible to extend a listed building, but it is likely to take longer to get consent and will definitely be more expensive.
Best thing you can do... get a good architect on board who has a good track record of working on listed buildings, and preferably with the same local planning authority. |
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| Extending a listed building on 10:23 - Feb 17 with 1025 views | Ryorry |
Depends *very* much on the individual Borough Council concerned and their attitude.
I had a 25 year repairing lease on a Grade II listed property (18thC) which was derelict & needed total renovation, albeit I wasn't trying to extend. 6/9 roof purlins had gone, building was on point of collapse, needed everything doing, there wasn't even running water, leccy supply or track to it! Got an excellent specialist architect in. Work was overseen by the very pedantic, fussy Clerk of the Works of large Estate (Chatsworth) that I was leasing from. My architect at one point said that he sometimes felt the Borough Council concerned would rather be left with a pile of rubble on the ground, as long as it was the original pile, instead of a sympathetically restored house. When it came to the BC insisting on cast iron gutters & downpipes instead of plastic, at mega enormous cost, for this house that was half a mile up a farm track & visible to 0 members of the public, even the fussy Clerk of Works said "it's fine to go ahead & use normal plastic ones, nobody will be able to tell the difference even if they're only 1 metre away". And you couldn't!
Good luck, choose your builders carefully, and I found this organisation incredibly helpful -
https://www.spab.org.uk/ [Post edited 17 Feb 2018 13:57]
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