Single Rural Houses Design Guidelines (County Development Plan, appendix 2)

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   32 30 EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING RURAL HOUSES The design of an extension should be sympathetic to the existing house. This does not mean that it has to exactly match the existing style, height and finishes, but that it should complement the existing house and not look out of place. A good extension is usually subservient to the main building i.e. extensions should be designed so that they look like extensions rather than a new house ‘attached’ to an old house. Extensions can reflect traditional aspects of the existing building, but contemporary extensions can also serve to complement the existing building. There are no hard and fast rules about the size of an extension, but it will be necessary to ensure that: • The extension respects the size of the existing house; • The extension does not reduce the area of the garden to such a degree that it affects the usefulness of the garden; • The site is big enough to accommodate the extension as well as all the other facilities that a house requires e.g. effluent disposal system, car-parking area etc. Use of a different material on the extension breaks up dwelling mass. 31 33 Contemporary extensions to rural cottages in County Wicklow.

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   Doubled and slipped Valley roof Long Lean to ‘T’ rear extension Rear lean to extension with large openings contemporary flat roof Cross gabled Extension linking to converted outbuilding * = Extension ‘L’ shape pitched roof EXTENSION SHAPE EXAMPLES Examples of some of the preferred extension shapes. They should not dominate the existing structure. Avoid flat roofed extensions unless a contemporary approach has been designed by a professional. Long extension

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   Stable conversion. Newcastle, County Wicklow. CONVERSIONS Proposals for the conversion or reinstatement of existing buildings of substance in the countryside that are deemed worthy of retention by the Council will be considered favourably, providing they satisfy the following criteria: 34 35 Restoration potential of cottage and outbuildings. Tinahely, County Wicklow. • The original walls must be substantially intact. Buildings of a ruinous nature will not be appropriate. • Buildings should be of local, visual or historical interest and be constructed in traditional materials to justify retention and conservation; • Buildings must be physically capable of undergoing conversion and their original appearance must be substantially retained. A structural survey by a chartered engineer must be submitted as part of a planning application. • Works must be executed in a sensitive manner and retain architecturally important features whenever possible and make use of existing buildings and traditional and complementary building materials, techniques and specifications;

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   ACKNOWLEDgEMENTS Written by: Sorcha Walsh Designed by: Paul Conlon Special Thanks: Aisling MacNamara Stephen Willoughby Bernadette Harvey Lucy Roche All rights reserved. The content of this document may not be reproduced or adapted without the consent of the author(s). Sketches, illustrations, photos and graphic design (unless otherwise noted) by Paul Conlon Special gratitude to all who kindly granted the use of material for their inclusion in this document. PHOTO & DESIgN ACCREDITATIONS 01 Ballygonnell 02 Carraignamweel House, Henchion+Reuter 03 Glenealy 04 Out of the Blue. Mosart 05 Brittas Bay. House7 06 Cottage in Wicklow. StudioRed 07 Arklow, Wicklow. Brian Donovan 08 Rural form, Wicklow. Emmet Duggan 09 House Slievebawnogue. Clancy Moore 10 S House, Enniskerry. FKL 11 Cottage in Wicklow. StudioRed 12 Ty Gwyn, Dunbur, Wicklow. IDS 25 Farmhouse, Roundwood. C Corlett. 26 Stone outbuilding, Wicklow 27 Retrofit, Wicklow. Renova 28 White’s barn, Clonmannon. Chris Southgate 29 Wicklow mountains, Calzean 30 Carraignamweel House. Henchion+Reuter 31 Cottage refurbishment, Wicklow. D Bannon 32 Small extension Aughrim. Gerrard Hynes 33 Farm House, Manor Kilbride. Philip O’Reilly 34 Leabeg House, Newcastle. Bernard J Burke 35 Cottage Knockatomcoyle, Tinahely 36 Cow House Blessington. Michael Kelly 13 Tornant House, Dunlavin. Wicklow 14 Sweet Briar, Bray 15 Pavillion, Enniskerry. Buckley Partnership 16 Blake House, Blessington. Michael Kelly 17 Blake House, Blessington. Michael Kelly 18 Carraignamweel House. Henchion+Reuter 19 Stone wall, Ballinaclash, Wicklow 20 Splayed entrance, Wicklow 21 Mounded entrance, Wicklow 22 Timber fencing, Wicklow 23 Maytree. ODOS 24 Out of the Blue. Mosart

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   Wicklow County Council County Buildings, Whitegates, Wicklow Town A67 FW96 Phone: 0404-20148 Fax: 0404-69462 Email: [email protected]

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