Magnolia Cottage | MJ Architecture

Magnola Cottage

â€˜Magnolia Cottageâ€™ is located at 15 Lyttleton Street, East Launceston and is permanently listed buiding on the Tasmanian state heritage register.

The â€˜Magnolia Cottageâ€™ project involved several key aspects of works summarised as follows:
- Construction of a new two storey addition to the rear of the property. The addition includes a new living space, bedroom and deck on the ground floor with a new master bedroom, W.I.R and terrace area on the first floor
- Conversion of an existing bedroom into a new ensuite
- Upgrade of an existing kitchen and bathroom, retaining and revealing existing period features as part of the fit out
- Construction of a new undercover off street car park ( car port ) along the frontage facade
- Rejuvenation of an existing frontage fence and entry

Original period features of the existing house have been preserved, retained and the original character revealed and expressed throughout the new works. The first part of the works involved the removal of an unsympathetic sunroom addition added onto the original building, presumably in the 1960â€™s or 70â€™s. This process of removal stripped the building back to its original appearance and form, with new works subsequently added to this â€˜base buildingâ€™

As part of the works, internal features such as doors, cornices and ceiling roses have all been retained and restored. Where the new additions connect to the original building, the external brickwork has been left exposed to enable the original building to be read internally as well as externally.

Client

Private Client

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Rear view of new additions — External view of new additions to the rear of the property

External street view - before and after Images

External view of new additions where adjoining original house

Internal view - looking towards kitchen ( original brickwork exposed )

External view of new additions ( connection to exitsing residence )

Internal view of bathroom ( converted bedroom )