The Gate House
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
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Description
Dating from around 1880, the main challenge of this Belfast-based project was made more difficult due to the setting of the original Gatehouse and it’s potential impact on the privacy of the site.
2020 Architects proposed that the extension should be a simple and modern intervention to create a striking and simple form that not only aimed to enhance and promote the existing listed gatehouse but also deal with and reduce public vantage points into the site.
The extension curves to match the adjacent road and is designed purposely to read as a courtyard or garden wall. The illusion of the courtyard wall is contrasted on the opposite side by a wall of glass, facing onto a tree-lined, light-filled, southern garden patio. These extensive glazed panels slide open to allow the seamless transition between indoor and outdoor, which was an important part of our clients brief.
The new entrance door and hallway acts as the link, stitching the old building to the new extension. The bespoke front door was designed to occupy the entire width of this gap and is strikingly finished in bronze. To the right the original gatehouse, to the left a set of double doors bring you into the heavily glazed open plan kitchen & living space that breaks out to the patio and garden beyond.