Character home design respects and complements the heritage and history of a building, site and area.
The human development of a ‘sense of place’ or belonging is partly due to a personal history which can be directly related to the history of their region.
Design from a ‘Traditional’ perspective includes respectful exterior cladding, color schemes, rooflines and street frontage (heights, setbacks, fencing, access, finishing details). Specific constraints to works being undertaken on a home in a Character housing overlay are often prescribed in the local council planning laws.
Design from a ‘Heritage’ perspective is much more prescriptive, with fewer variations in choice when it comes to overall look and finishes, but is generally applied to building that are truly magnificent in their own right, and thoroughly deserve the extra level of preservation and care due to their longevity or significance to the region.
We are superbly proud that our work on Ipswich character homes is used as an example by the local council to demonstrate respectful development within the character overlays.
