Adelaide Park

Originally built in 1892, it was designed by Francis E Ward, with a later extension in 1901 by Vincent Craig, and while many of the unusual original period features of the house remained intact, it required a sensitive approach to re-ordering of spaces, and careful attention to ensuring the period details remain for many years to come.

The plan of the house had evolved over time to a warren of rooms off rooms, and required careful reconfiguration, to provide a coherent suite of spaces for family life.  A new large kitchen is centred in the heart of the home, and a modest single room extension to the rear, with brick piers and a sedum roof, creates a visual and physical connection between the living spaces and the southwest facing garden. 

creating a visual and physical connection between living spaces and garden

The former billiards room which had previously been sub-divided was reinstated to a single space providing generous relaxing spaces for the family. A garage was converted to a gym and connected to the main house by a discreet glazed link. A non-original dormer was replaced at the rear with a new dormer that almost invisibly abuts the gable of the main house with a glazed eaves window, creating a snug relaxing space within the master bedroom. A bath on the top floor is raised on a platform to provide bathtime views over the Belfast hills.