The client’s brief sought to extend their Grade II listed Georgian property into the garden to provide a better connection to the landscape while creating accessible accommodation for their senior years. The living area is conceived as an open plan link through which access is provided to the new bedrooms and bathrooms as well as the existing accommodation. Pre-formed zinc panels, which conceal a retractable awning that provides summer shading are set above metal framed glass doors leading into the garden. This lightweight nature contrasts with the loadbearing Bath stone to either side. The new single storey extension is built into the topography of the site to minimise its impact on the sensitive setting within the conservation area and World Heritage Site.