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Project	The Old Vicarage
Location	Felixkirk, North Yorkshire
Photographer	Jim Varney
Completion	June 2017
Sector	Conservation & Heritage Country House
Awards	The Old Vicarage, Felixkirk, North Yorkshire Best Extension (winner) 2018 Regional LABC Building Excellence Awards (North and East Yorkshire Region) See all our awards

Historic vicarage extension and farmhouse restoration

The property is believed to date from the 16th century. Evidence from both the 1856 first edition Ordnance Survey map and the 1896 edition indicates that the property has been repeatedly altered and extended over time. The house is referred to as The Vicarage on both plans and is known to have served as such for the 12th-century St Felix Church.

Analysis of the property and its layout suggests the building was originally a farmhouse with an attached barn. The building does not exhibit the elaborate style or character traditionally associated with the design of a vicarage. Its form suggests it was originally a double-fronted house of standard cross plan, with the staircase running through the middle. The original staircase was probably removed when the existing stairwell was added.

The extension to the existing house and proposed alterations are predominantly focused on the rear of the property, facing the existing private garden to the south. The primary objectives of the proposals are to increase the available accommodation, make more practical use of the existing space, and improve the relationship between the existing house and its extensive gardens.

The main element of the proposals is a new two-storey extension on the south side of the existing house, replacing the existing two-storey wing. The new extension is of rendered masonry construction under a slate roof.

The second element of the proposals is a new timber-clad single-storey extension under a green roof with a zinc canopy. A new linear rooflight in this roof, set against the wall of the new twostorey element, brings light down into the centre of the plan. Sliding glass doors open the extension onto the new flagged terrace and garden beyond.

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