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Country house, rare books library & estate

Project Details

£10m to £49.99M

Listed Building - Grade II, New Build

Practice

Johnston Cave Associates

Henwood Studio , Henwood , Wootton, Boars Hill , OXFORD , Oxfordshire , OX1 5JX

Major refurbishment of Grade II Listed House with new addition of a large purpose-built Rare Books Library, book stores and plantrooms. The Library is a complex reinforced concrete structure, with flint external cladding. A high tech cinema has been created in the house and a basement spa pool added. All the major works were completed in 1990 including an additional farm house, estate offices and meeting rooms, a cricket pavilion and a new Entrance & Lodge. Other projects on the estate have been undertaken right up to 2004.