Glisson Road

Interior view of a door with stained glass design, partially open, showing a hallway with wooden flooring, a radiator, and a shadow of a plant cast on the wall.

Interior view of a house showing a large window/door leading to an outdoor patio, with a brick wall and outdoor lighting visible, and a domestic space with wooden flooring, a curtain, and a kitchen in the background.

“Thank you so much for your brilliant work on transforming this house and your meticulous (and always prompt) care in tracking all the mass of detail right up to this culminating point. I'm absolutely delighted with the house, and I much enjoy seeing the reaction of first time visitors as they move through into the luminous space you've created at the back. Universal gasps/praise! And now with pictures at last going up, visitors staying, and the garden planted, it's all coming together, which is very satisfying. When people ask me who my architect was I recommend you warmly!”

Sarah Squire - Client

This project involved the complete renovation, two storey extension and thermal upgrade of this elegant Victorian town house in central Cambridge.

Our design involved carefully re-planning the house to allow for generous and light-filled spaces on both the ground and first floor. On the ground floor, the original scale of the main receptions rooms has been retained, while a modern open plan kitchen and dining room has been created to the rear, maximising views and connection with the garden and introducing different scaled spaces to suit family needs.

Blue front door with stained glass panels, brass mail slot, and doorknob, framed by brick walls and a tiled porch area, with a small brass wall-mounted light fixture to the right of the door.

Row of brick houses with large windows, front yards, and chimneys under a clear blue sky.

Interior view of a house entryway with a partially open blue front door with stained glass panels, sunlight casting shadows on the cream-colored walls, hardwood floor, and a radiator near the door.

View from a window with a gray metal roof, brick wall, and neighboring houses with trees in a suburban neighborhood under a clear blue sky.

Part of a fireplace with ornate black metal fire grate, surrounded by cream-colored trim, on a vintage tile hearth, adjacent to a wall with crown molding, hardwood floor.

Modern kitchen with a large rectangular window in the ceiling, white cabinets, and a white kitchen island with a silver faucet.

A hallway view of a front door with stained glass panels, a transom window above, and sunlight casting shadows on the beige wall to the left. A white radiator is partially visible on the left wall, with a staircase railing on the right.

Modern kitchen with white cabinets, a white countertop, a white brick backsplash, a sink, a chrome faucet, and pendant lights hanging from the ceiling. There is a large window with a stone wall visible outside.

The new extension benefits from triple glazing and underfloor heating throughout, while the original sash windows in the old part of the house have been overhauled with vacuum glazing to greatly improve their thermal performance.

Upstairs, the central landing area has been opened out including new rooflights to transform a previously cramped and dark corridor into a generous and light-filled central space. An en suite shower room has been inserted with hidden access from the master bedroom, and a new vaulted ceilinged family bathroom created off the main landing area.