- Location : St. Martin, Jersey
- Date : 2017 - 2020
- Client : Confidential
- Project Status : Complete
Situated in an idyllic, wooded valley in St. Martin, the proposals for Cedar Valley required a carefully considered, sensitive approach to renovation and re-use in order to retain and restore the traditional character and quality of this grade 3 Listed building.
The site consisted of four buildings – a main house, a traditional granite barn, a single block pebbledash outbuilding and a WWII military bunker. The proposal was to redevelop the original Listed house into a modern 4-bedroom dwelling with adjoining guest accommodation. Externally, the expansive, mature planting was to be retained and enhanced through additional, complimentary landscape interventions.
The original house, dating from the late 19th century, had retained much its original appearance. However, over time, the building had been extended in an ad-hoc manner, significantly undermining its character and identity. These later, intrusive extensions were therefore removed and a new, more appropriate, CONTEXTUAL addition developed, with a slate pitched roof, rendered masonry walls, timber sash windows, French doors and juliette balcony. A similar pitched roof garage extension was added to the west of the main house and the existing barn and outbuilding were sensitively restored to create additional living and amenity spaces.
Externally, the ornate metal gates, winding driveway and turning circle were retained and a new surface of attractive natural stone aggregate was laid to elevate the entrance and approach. The eastern veranda was extended and re-paved in sandstone to provide alfresco dining and seating space. Steps were also added to provide access to the lower garden and the landscape character of the site was reinforced with the addition of stepped planters and cascading plants such as geranium, and rockery species such as rock rose. Popular cottage garden flowers including lavender, salvia, and rudbeckia were also introduced, firmly rooting the development into its coastal valley setting.
