Coogee Heritage Project

Internal Restoration & Additions to Queen Anne | North Coogee

A Randwick Heritage Item

This Queen Anne styled heritage home was a challenge to satisfy the owners design brief due to heritage constraints as required by Randwick Council. The owner bought the property in a un renovated state which suffered incremental additions & various makeovers unsympathetic to the original style.

New Traditional Styled Kitchen

A design was chosen requiring demolishing a rear internal wall, fire place & chimney to provide a long enough wall for a contemporary styled kitchen. This design was closely reviewed & approved by heritage planning committee.

The owners preference was not to install an island bench as they didn`t have the occupants numbers in the home to warrant it & they preferred to dine within the kitchen area. The design is adaptable for inclusion of an island at a later date.

The owners instructions were clear, make the kitchen more habitable & renovate the ground floor bathroom & add a new bathroom to the 1st floor. The owner made additions to the scope as building work proceeded. Recycled wide oregon floor boards were used in the kitchen & rear room to closely replicated the existing floor.

New retaining wall & external ampitheatre stair were constructed in sandstone & handrails added

A bay window box was added projecting into the rear yard. This feature was designed to accommodated a washing & preparation bench in close proximity to the wall ovens.

New Bay Window Added

Interior Makeover

New Internal door sets were added to close off rooms for better thermal efficiency while making a more consistent styling.

Bathrooms remodeled in a contemporary style

Exterior Makeover

The front of the home was repainted in authentic colour scheme with a new authentic timber fence & gate of suitable styling matching the original home.

A New authentic tessellated tiles were added to the entry & slate stair treads replaced.