Country Life has included AFJONES in The art of the hand, Amelia Thorpe’s selection of the specialist companies bringing expertise and traditional craftsmanship to country house renovations.
The entry features the newly built indoor pool at our Lutyens Surrey Property project, part of the renovation and extension of a Grade II listed house in Surrey that is the first recognised house designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. As the piece puts it, the house demanded a carefully considered approach to each intervention.
The defining element of that extension is an 18-light gable window, with a full-height central mullion and corner posts. All new stone, including the jambs, mullions and transoms, was detailed to replicate the original design while discreetly carrying modern insulation and structural improvements. Particular attention went to the batted finish and tooled margins on every dressed piece of Bath stone, internally and externally, following the language of the original craftsmanship so that the new work reads as original.
