Quatrefoil House / Hyde + Hyde Architects

Quatrefoil House sees the refurbishment and extension of an early Gothic Revival home, on a prominent corner plot in the North Oxford Victorian Suburb Conservation Area. With the house of special architectural interest to the Conservation Area, the client was eager to build upon the character of this 1870s, semi-detached building to create a deeply contextualized yet notably contemporary home, perfectly suited to the family's varying spatial needs. Since the 1970s, the building has been used by The Eckersley School of English as a student residence. With the building fabric found to be structurally sound but severely neglected and in poor condition, Hyde + Hyde's retrofit-led approach sought to celebrate and prioritize the restoration of the retainable historic fabric, while completing a significant upgrade to transform this into a family home, for 21st-century living.