Holmfirth farmhouse radical retrofit

A whole house ‘deep’ retrofit project of some 19th century farm buildings to a single dwelling on the hills above Holmfirth. The project draws on the experience of previous radical retrofit projects 21°s team has worked on, with some variations and evolutions.

Shortlisted for ‘Sustainability’ and ‘Conservation & Regeneration’ Awards in Constructing Excellence in Yorkshire & Humber 2021 Awards

The original building comprised of three distinct sections, a barn, a two-storey dairy and a single storey milking parlour built at different stages over the 19th century. Construction is very traditional for this area of West Yorkshire and Peak District, 450 mm sandstone coursed rubble-filled walls with heavy stone slate roofs. The retrofit/conversion is being applied to the two-storey and single-storey buildings, while the barn is being left unimproved. The client brief was for a deep whole house retrofit and conversion similar to the previous Lower Royd project.

Project team

Architect Sue Heywood at A+DP Architects, Holmfirth prepared the plans for the planning stage,. Architectural technician Ashley Bamford was then employed to prepare working drawings for Building Control approval and for the building team to work from. Dan Sawyer is our Structural Engineer again on this project. Green Building Store is the Passivhaus Consultant on the project and Green Building Company is the Design & Build contractor.

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