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Cheshire Street, Shropshire

The asymmetry is shaped by the memory of the former kitchen and courtyard

Cheshire Street, Shropshire.
Cheshire Street, Shropshire. Credit: Steven Hayward

RIBA West Midlands Award winner 2021


form:form architects for private client
Contract value: £91,000 
GIA: 44m2 
Cost per m2: £2,068

Cheshire Street is an extension to a Victorian house with the usual problems of restricted access and need to maintain natural light to inner rooms. The addition replaces a rear sitting room, single storey kitchen, lean-to garden store and external courtyard with a flexible open plan space zoned to provide a kitchen, dining and day space, larder, shower room and storage. The asymmetry is shaped by the memory of the former kitchen and courtyard. Cor-Ten knits the new elements into the colour palette of older housing.

  • Cheshire Street, Shropshire.
    Cheshire Street, Shropshire. Credit: Steven Hayward
  • Cheshire Street, Shropshire.
    Cheshire Street, Shropshire. Credit: Steven Hayward
  • Cheshire Street, Shropshire.
    Cheshire Street, Shropshire. Credit: Steven Hayward
  • Cheshire Street, Shropshire.
    Cheshire Street, Shropshire. Credit: Steven Hayward
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