JE Residence
This suburban house in Limavady replaced a slightly misshapen and diminutive old house along a leafy street characterised by large deep and green plots and houses that present significant frontage to the street.
- JE Residence
- Replacement Dwelling
- Limavady, Co Derry / L’Derry
- Under Construction
The clients were a young family settling back home. They wanted a substantial house with scope to grow their family and enjoy the ample garden space in a quiet part of the town. They liked the idea of presenting a strong classical façade to the street and enjoying a more permeable façade to the rear to afford good views and access to the gardens and enjoy the warmth of the southern aspect. Underfloor heating is powered by an air source heat pump and an MVHR system allows a fresh internal environment without the need to open windows and loose heat.
For this small church, the conversion to a domestic function seemed natural and uncontentious. The scale of the original church building was domestic and the decoration modest. The new function also modest and singular in purpose in that it is for a new family or people to live together in “under one roof”. Tattykeeran Church may have become simply 44 Tattykeeran Road but it is still there for those who were baptised or married in it to see and we hope it has been presented in such a way that the sensibilities of those people and the significance of those community and life events are not slighted but preserved. Certainly the comments and words from many interested visitors and parishoners to the project during construction (among them the Sunday school teacher, the sextons son) would indicate that it has been a success in this respect. A further gesture and nod of approval has come from vestry committee of the surviving Colebrooke Estate church who have reintrusted us with the original bell (it is suitably minus the clapper) made in Murphys Foundry in Dublin.
