THREE-PART EXTENSION

Lydia Robinson and Lawrence Grigg have added three separate extensions in contrasting styles to completely transform this 1950s Cotswold home

Words Nick Robbins Photography Simon Maxwell

“We tried to take two Cotswold vernacular ideas and combine them in a contemporary way” The homeowners Lydia Robinson and Lawrence Grigg Location Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire Project Extension and remodel Size 200m House cost £505,000 Value £950,000 Build time Nine months When Lydia Robinson first saw the 1950s Arts & Crafts inspired Cotswold home that she and partner Lawrence Grigg would go on to extend and remodel, it was hardly love at first sight. “It was this tiny two-bed house in the middle of a large plot with an ugly flat-roof garage sitting right in the best part of it,” she recalls. “But I could see potential.” The couple had been looking for a home closer to Lydia’s parents, and this house, sited on a corner plot in the sought-after village of Chipping Campden – though outside its conservation area…

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Homebuilding & Renovating (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2018

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