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DESIGN 5 - ARCHITECTS
ATHERFIELDHouse at Darling Point, Sydney
CLIENTPrivate Owners
COMPLETION1998 - 2001
DESCRIPTION
CONSERVATION WITH NEW WORKS
Built in 1870, Atherfield is a Gothic Revival House of eight
rooms with fine views over Sydney Harbour from Darling
Point. Over time, a series of mostly poor quality alterations
and additions had compromised its integrity.
Design 5 - Architects was commissioned in 1998 to
undertake radical surgery to the house and to reinstate a
more satisfactory relationship between rooms while giving
the house a new level of detail and quality lost through the
accretion of poor alterations.
The major work involved excavation for new rooms in the
lower ground floor, the construction of a verandah in keeping
with the Gothic character of the place and a new axis linking
the new front entrance to the view of the Harbour. Elsewhere,
new bathrooms, dressing rooms and a library were formed.
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