This beautiful four-bedroomed, Grade II listed home in Sheffield’s leafy Nether Edge was originally the Victorian gate house to Kenwood Hall.

The splendid home of one of the city’s finest cutlery-makers, George Wolstenholme, eventually became Kenwood Hall Hotel.

But the gate house stood empty for decades and fell into decline.

The success of its sympathetic transformation, fusing original Victorian heritage features with bold, contemporary modern additions, is down to the close relationship between Haxton Koyander Architecture and its client, and the bold vision held by both.

Our client bought the house with an approved planning application in place, but had numerous fresh ideas of his own.

Painstakingly, HKA helped him to turn his dream to reality by submitting a Conditions Application, which amended the approved scheme to the planners’ approval.

The result is a stunning statement house which keeps its Victorian grandeur, yet has modern, open-plan contemporary living spaces.

Its wow factor is undoubtedly the internal hallway/dining room, created with huge glass panels in what was the gatehouse’s original arched gateway, through which horse-drawn carriages and early motor cars, would have passed in Kenwood Hall’s heyday.

Subtle ground floor extensions form a spacious kitchen and an en-suite master bedroom which opens out onto extensive gardens.

Original details  – stone mullion windows, exposed beams and intricate brickwork – are standout key features juxtaposed with glass panels and soaring skylights, sleek granite-topped bespoke kitchen units and high-spec bathrooms.