eimear
Eimear
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- Sligo, Ireland
We own a very modest Rectory from 1840 which has been largely untouched from its original state apart from the addition of central heating and electricity. Our kitchen is a large room with a very high pitched roof. The gable faces a lovely church of Ireland church, one side faces the Atlantic and the other the mountains. It is beautiful. We have been granted planning to extend this room to include a similar sized extension with glazing on all sides. We are a protected structure and in any case have no desire to stray from the design of the house or “modernise” it. Our architects have drawn various plans with windows similar to the 2/2 sash windows in the rest of the house. However, the gable end of this room just doesn’t feel right. They’ve incorporated a trianglular window over the windows at the back that jars with the design. However, we’re struggling to find an appropriate alternative. The problem is that the new extension is slightly lower than the kitchen (to preserve the higgeldy piggeldy appearance in keeping with the rest of house) and this has made it more squat and not in keeping with Victorian proportions. I’m wondering if anyone has experience of this and can suggest how we might get around this? One suggestion has been a semi circle over the middle window on the gable which I think looks better but I’m not sure of it’s authenticity? Is this something humble victorians may have done?? Many thanks for your help
