Sir John Soane, Henry Hake Seward, who was the in-house architect for Greenwich Hospital.Acquiring planning permission was a challenge and took four years of discussions.
The works began in 2013, and the conversion itself took six months. Everything we did is reversible. Our architect designed an “upside-down” conversion, consisting of a new mezzanine floor over around two-thirds of the original space, with bedrooms below – retaining as much of the original spatial flow as possible.
It can be reversed without any damage to the building.We received a major grant towards the restoration and conversion from Northumberland Uplands Leader, as well as a grant from the Northumberland National Park’s Sustainable Development Fund towards the.
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