As one of the leading architectural practices in Guernsey, CCD Architects is involved with a number of high-profile projects throughout the commercial, medical and educational sectors.
However it is CCD Architects’ bespoke domestic design work that has really helped the company to make a name for itself and this hard work has certainly not gone unnoticed in the industry.
CCD Architects was one of a few select architects to have been nominated for an award in the Guernsey Design Awards 2012 with their project Les Prevosts Farm becoming joint winner of the coveted Overall Design Award.
CCD Architects Managing Director, Andrew Dyke, said:
Winning the Overall Guernsey Design Award is very important to us and as a company it gives us a very big boost. We do a lot of work with historic buildings and high-end houses and so achieving such recognition is very encouraging for us and our staff.”
Originally built in the 17th century, Les Prevosts Farm was a shadow of its former self prior to a substantial refurbishment operation that has transformed the semi-derelict farm into a large family home.
During the refurbishment work care was taken to preserve a number of the farm’s original features, including all the timber work and fireplaces. In addition, roofs were re-thatched to return them to their original state.
The barn was also opened up to create a kitchen with an upper gallery, whilst new outbuildings were constructed using reclaimed materials.
H.D. Brehaut & Sons Limited was the main contractor on the project, whilst the structural engineer was Adrian Ashman of Dorey, Lyle & Ashman Ltd.
Andrew Dyke said:
“Les Prevosts Farm was a rundown building that was in a poor condition when it was bought by our clients and required a substantial amount of refurbishment work.
“As part of the project we opened up the barn to make a large open-plan kitchen and then we built an extension on the back of this.
“We were also able to create some large openings in the kitchen walls which in turn opened out into an existing glazed, timber-framed extension. This has in turn provided the building with a great view of the fields and the surrounding area.”
In addition to winning the Overall Design Award at the Guernsey Design Awards 2012, three additional CCD Architects projects – Town Church, The Mill and Les Granges de Beauvoir Manor – were also nominated.
Town Church
Over the past 10 years a rolling programme of repair and conservation works has taken place at Town Church in St Peter Port.
This has included substantial refurbishment works to the interior of the church in order to introduce a new controllable lighting system. Lights were repositioned within the church, whilst the tower and spire were also illuminated to make them visible at night.
Additional work on the Town Church project included conserving, restoring and relaying the original flooring – to hide the abundance of electrical cables – and cleaning all the internal monuments. In addition, plasterwork has been repaired, tombs have been conserved and the sound system has been rewired.
Main contractor for the project was MEC (Guernsey) Limited, whilst Mike Grubb from Sutton Vane Associates was the lighting design consultant.
The Mill
The Mill was originally designed as a fully operational windmill but is now a privately-owned home and work space for renowned jewellery designer Catherine Best. The brief for this project was to extend Catherine’s showroom – housed on the ground floor – and to introduce additional floor space to the accommodation areas above.
In order to achieve the project brief a frameless glass extension was constructed on the ground floor, whilst the first floor made use of an unused wall to create an unusual open-plan extension. A retractable glass roof was also installed on the first floor, which has added a very unique feature to the structure.
Les Granges de Beauvoir Manor
A major programme of conservation work was conducted at Les Granges de Beauvoir Manor in order to restore the 17th century building.
Works included the removal of the roofs and fire-damaged joists, the repair of gables and chimneys and the preservation of A-frames. Floor structures were removed, strengthened and then returned to their original positions and new oak interior doors were fitted.
A grapehouse was also added to the site, whilst a previously unusable outbuilding was completely transformed.
H.D. Brehaut & Sons Limited and RG Falla were the main contractors on the project, whilst McCathie Associates was the structural engineer and Welch Landscape Design was the landscape architect.
Brilliant job, the kitchen looks amazing