{"id":816,"date":"2025-09-26T10:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scientificmediagroup.com\/?p=816"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:15:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:15:45","slug":"medium-consolidates-and-unifies-sprawling-1950s-home-in-surrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scientificmediagroup.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/medium-consolidates-and-unifies-sprawling-1950s-home-in-surrey\/","title":{"rendered":"Medium consolidates and unifies sprawling 1950s home in Surrey"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Hearth<\/div>\n

British architecture studio Medium<\/a> has completed its renovation<\/a> of Hearth House, a 1950s country home in Surrey<\/a>, bringing clarity to a series of hotchpotch extensions<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nestled in the Surrey Hills National Landscape, the original two-storey pitched home had been gradually expanded with a cluster of single-storey rectilinear blocks, which suffered from poor thermal performance and a disjointed layout.<\/p>\n

\"Renovated
Medium has renovated a 1950s country house in Surrey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Medium<\/a> has renovated the home to unify it with these previous additions, keeping as much of the existing fabric as possible and cloaking the whole exterior with smooth and roughcast white renders.<\/p>\n

The studio has also reduced the home’s total floor area by 17 square metres, in a process of consolidation that director Benjamin Wells describes as making each room “work harder”.<\/p>\n

\"Exterior
The studio sought to unite its cluster of single-storey extensions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“From the outset, the project aimed to retain as much of the existing building as possible while completely transforming how it functions as a family home,” he told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“It aims to blur the lines between the original house and the new extension, so that it reads as a consistent and complete composition rather than an endlessly extended one,” added Wells.<\/p>\n

\"Surrey
The home has an L-shaped plan. Photo by Johan Dehlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The L-shaped layout of Hearth House comprises the original cottage to the west and a series of single-storey extensions to the north, which were previously poorly connected to both each other and the home’s garden.<\/p>\n

To resolve this, Medium transformed the area where the two meet into a dining hall, which “pinwheels” around a timber column and has a Douglas fir ceiling.<\/p>\n

\"Interior
A dining area overlooks the garden. Photo by Johan Dehlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Overlooking the garden through large windows, this dining area faces a small sitting area organised around the hearth framed by white-painted masonry. The hearth, which gives the home its name, was previously blocked up.<\/p>\n

To the south, the dining area opens out onto a patio sheltered by a large timber canopy that frames views of a neighbouring wildflower garden, while to the east, a garden is sheltered by sections of white-painted brick wall.<\/p>\n