1 Cavendish Crescent, Bath
Set within one of Bath's finest listed Georgian crescents, this project is the sensitive renovation of a maisonette occupying the upper floors of 1 Cavendish Crescent. The brief was to rework a home altered piecemeal over the late twentieth century - restoring the generosity of the original rooms while introducing the comfort and finish expected of a contemporary residence.
We began with a full measured survey and a detailed record of the existing building, then tested a series of layout options with our client before settling on a scheme that opens up the living spaces, reinstates the proportions of rooms subdivided without consent decades earlier, and adds a new en-suite in place of an ill-fitting later kitchen addition.
Because the building is listed, every intervention had to be justified and carefully drawn. We prepared a Listed Building Consent application for Bath and North East Somerset Council covering the removal of later kitchen fittings and partitions, new timber joinery, the exposure and reinstatement of the original timber floorboards, and a like-for-like replacement of the external extract louvre, supported by existing, demolition, proposed and plumbing drawings. The application was submitted in April 2026, with revised drawing issues in June and August responding to the council's feedback; a decision is awaited.
The site, as found
An original room, with its fireplace and joinery as found
The dining room, opening through to the sitting room
One of the existing bedrooms
The existing study
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