Homewood Lodge
sense of arrival and connection the key spaces
together. The ground floor of the original house was replanned with larger spaces and the pool house was repurposed to become a family sized kitchen dining and living space with views out onto the garden and wide sliding doors opening onto a new rear terrace.
The design of the new kitchen extension and pool house renovation reflects the white render gables of the original heritage property creating a modern light and spacious addition but part of a fully unified 6500sqft home.
Homewood Lodge is a Grade 2* Listed House in the middle of the Bedfordshire countryside. The original house had been extended a number of times including a linked pool house, prior to the Benchmark Architects team getting involved. The aim of the project was to rethink the layout of the property across the whole building and create a more integrated home with
a natural sense of flow that worked for a modern family with young children. The resulting design involved
moving the front door of the house to the centre
between the new and the old elements improving the
