The original design centred around housing the owners and their servants in one building in strictly defined areas. We re-interpreted it without loosing the historic features and created a modern home free of social hierarchy. The project developed gradually and took nearly 15 years to complete, accompanied by Planning and Listed Building permissions at every step of the way. We first made the structure stable, retrofitted and thermally upgraded the fabric and made a home for five within only some of the larger rooms. We transformed the multiple late-Victorian service and live-in servants rooms into liveable spaces. By re-using, re-shaping and re-locating the original features we retained great majority of the listed fabric and juxtaposed it with the new. To future-proof the heritage we replaced gas with clean on-site generated energy and located its plant in the timber-framed and corten-clad infill, also housing the utility and muddy-boots entrance. As work-from-home became a possibility, we added a timber-framed and clad studio in the garden, creating a a truly self-sufficient heritage home for future.