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The conversion to offices had resulted in most of the internal details being either removed or badly damaged – a train of events which had started about 70 years earlier with the replacement of the original Georgian windows with typical Edwardian 2-over-2 sash windows. By good fortune the original front door cases and front doors had survived both use and abuse and represent one of the finest details on the buildings.

Flat Information

On the interior none of the original architraves, doors or skirtings had survived. Two original fireplaces were found on the upper floors and some old (sympathetic) fireplaces had been installed in recent years on the first floors of two of the houses. A small fragment of early cornice work was found in one of the entrance halls. Based closely on precedent a new set of architrave details was prepared capable of adjustment to match the hierarchical status of the respective rooms. New door designs were prepared and half panelling designs completed – designs conceived to allow for adaptation to the numerous tight corners of these old houses. Cornices were also reintroduced with extruded sections used for all the reception rooms and main bedrooms. In the entrance halls a bespoke cornice was specified based on the discovered fragment.

Land Information

The flooring in the houses is entirely new with the ground and first floor reception rooms finished in oak, and the bedrooms carpeted with a product visually sympathetic to the period of the houses. On the top floors of 5 and 6 New Street the original roof timber has been exposed to provide a greater sense of space. In the bedrooms this creates a feature that reveals something about the history of the houses.