Julian Bicknell Associates - Architecture of Fine Quality

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MILLBROOK COTTAGE, PADWORTH LANE, WEST BERKSHIRE

A modest addition to a 16^th Cent half-timbered cottage providing additional reception rooms, a new main entrance and a guest suite. The cottage is a listed building so the new buildings are designed to complement the existing without dominating it.

The new buildings are designed as an informal sequence of single storey buildings connecting the existing three-storey cottage to the nearby cart-shed. They are constructed using a traditional green-oak frame with rendered infill panels specially devised to achieve modern standards of heat insulation and draft proofing.

Julian Bicknell & Associates is a London based architectural practice of thirty years standing, specialising in quality buildings, interiors and landscapes - mainly in classical or traditional style. The practice has worked for private clients and developers all over the UK and in Japan, Russia, the USA, Morocco, Germany and Kazakhstan. The work includes spacious country houses, luxury homes on the prestige estates at Wentworth and St. Georges Hill, museums, restaurants, theatres, schools, a golf club and modifications to important historic buildings. The design philosophy combines a deep sympathy for traditional design and building methods, with a full understanding of energy strategies and construction management. The practice works closely with other professionals and experienced craftsmen to achieve low-energy buildings of real quality within predetermined budgets.