English cottage stairs

On the Market: A Manor House in Ampleforth, North Yorkshire - open shelves, lime plaster walls, wood-burning stove, chevron parquet floors

Once pokey and disjointed, this village cottage is now a coherent and expansive house for a young family moving from London to the countryside

The original ranch-style original structure was stripped down to its foundation, and the house was reborn. Its whimsical, asymmetrical design, steep pitched roof and plentiful small-paned windows evoke English cottage design.

Victoria Henderson| Tale Victoria on Instagram: “Not to mention money, hard work, blood, sweat, tears - but we are getting there, slower now with a toddler, but enjoying taking the time…”

For this project we transformed the clients temporary staircase into a stunning bespoke European Oak staircase to match the interior of their home.

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A 17th century cottage in England has been carefully restored into a serene historic home

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This was an exercise in taking something already brimming with charm, but making it even more so. Having all the sensibility of an English Tudor cottage already at hand, still the addition of beams, panelling, half timbering, new stair balusters, tile work, roofing, hardwood flooring, and a great deal of plaster were all applied to the existing shell. Additional square footage was added to the footprint, but all the additions simply made this special cottage easier to live in, while…