Private House, Pen y Lan Road

 
White kitchen beneath an arched opening in a Victorian house extension, Pen-y-Lan Road, Cardiff

This project to the rear of a Victorian home in the Pen y Lan conservation area aims to create a unified space for dining and cooking, placing an emphasis on reconnecting the existing internal spaces to the garden. A new modest extension along the side return provides a new space for preparing food and an opening made in the existing wall connects the kitchen to a new larger dining space. A wall of joinery provides ample storage and an elemental rhythm along the length of the room. A new picture window is inserted, puncturing the joinery on the return to frame views of a refurbished garden.

All new joinery, doors (cat flap) and windows are designed in collaboration with a local carpenter and the Architect.

Our helpful guide on building an extension in Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan or the rest of Wales can be found here.

Status: completed

Photography: Pierce Scourfield

Published Articles: Dwell and Enki

 
Ground floor plan of the rear extension to a Victorian house, Pen-y-Lan, Cardiff
 
 
Arched opening framing the kitchen and garden in a side return extension, Pen-y-Lan Road, Cardiff
 
Kitchen island and white joinery in the rear extension to a Victorian house, Pen-y-Lan, Cardiff
 
Sage green panelled dining room with a pendant light, Pen-y-Lan Road, Cardiff
Garden window and sage green joinery in a Victorian house extension, Pen-y-Lan, Cardiff
 
 
Rear courtyard and new extension to a Victorian house in the Pen-y-Lan conservation area, Cardiff
Exposed rafters and rooflight over the side return extension to a Victorian house, Cardiff
Arched opening and white tiled kitchen wall in a Pen-y-Lan Road extension, Cardiff