For owners of a period home considering adding an extension or introducing new architectural elements, there are various factors to consider, not least of which is what style to choose. While every design solution will be unique to the home, there are positive aspects to both traditional and contemporary options. Here we look at the benefits of enhancing a characterful home with period-style additions or, conversely, with updates that are distinct from yet work in harmony with the original fabric of the building.
Sympathetically traditional
When the aim is to seamlessly tie into a period home, replicating its materials, colours, building techniques and overall style, then a traditional-style alteration is the ideal choice. Be it an entire extension, a new interior configuration or
