Upper Maxted

by Hollaway Studio 

Client Private 

Award RIBA South East Award 2023 

Upper Maxted is a Grade II listed farmhouse in Shepway, Kent. Dating from 1739 but clearly with earlier origins, it is located in somewhat isolated surroundings, adjacent to rolling fields and with wildflower meadows to the rear. The client’s brief required the rethinking of the ad-hoc extensions that had accumulated on the rear façade of the original house and the provision of a modern family kitchen and dining space. 

Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.

Contractor Coleman & Peters Ltd 

Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant Clifford Rickards Associates 

Structural Engineer Ben Godber & Co 

Landscape Architect Exterior Architecture 

Gross internal area in m2 43