Staff accommodation
A separate residential building positioned within a landscaped part of the estate.
Grade II listed estate • Heritage masterplanning • Country-house restoration
Stourton House
A conservation-led estate masterplan combining the restoration of a Grade II listed country house with carefully designed contemporary additions and new estate facilities.
The estate vision
Repair the historic asset, improve its setting and plan each intervention as part of one coherent estate.
The masterplan brings together the overhaul and extension of Stourton House, a contemporary glazed link, replacement swimming pool building, staff accommodation, tennis-court refurbishment and a six-bay stable building.
Masterplan
A phased heritage and landscape strategy.
A redesigned drive, new arrival sequence and landscape structure connect the historic house with new buildings while retaining the estate's mature parkland character.
Six coordinated interventions
Historic fabric and contemporary estate use considered together.
Stourton House
Comprehensive repair, restoration and sensitive extensions to the listed principal house.
Pool building
A replacement leisure building designed as a high-quality estate intervention.
Contemporary link
A glazed connection providing a clear architectural distinction between historic and new fabric.
Tennis court
Overhaul of the existing court within its established landscape enclosure.
Stable building
A six-bay stable complex with dedicated access, parking and landscape integration.
The brief
To establish a long-term programme for the repair and future use of Stourton House and its estate, allowing urgent conservation work and contemporary living requirements to be addressed within a single strategic framework.
Heritage challenge
The project must balance the significance and fabric of the Grade II listed house with modern accommodation, leisure, servicing, access and estate-management requirements.
CJZ strategy
CJZ's approach is conservation-led and phased: understand significance, establish repair priorities, engage early with the conservation authority and design new interventions that are clearly contemporary yet subordinate to the historic asset.
Landscape and arrival
The masterplan proposes a more organic estate drive, structured planting, separate access to the stable complex and carefully positioned buildings that maintain views and the parkland character of the site.
Project status
The project is presented as an evolving estate strategy. Final designs, permissions and delivery phases remain subject to specialist surveys, consultation and statutory approvals.
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