Broomhall Villa Front - Home Extension
Broomhall Villa Rear - Home Extension

Garden Villa, Broomhall

Status: Completed

Location: South Yorkshire

Project Scope: Full house renovation and single-storey side extension

Black and white photo of an old brick house with multiple windows, surrounded by trees and shrubs, with a lawn and a swing set in the foreground.
A large stone house with four stories, large windows, and a back patio with outdoor furniture, set against a lush, green landscape with trees and plants.

Comprehensive renovation and side expansion of a historic Victorian stone villa located in the Broomhall Conservation Area.

A large, multi-story brick house with multiple windows and a chimney, surrounded by tall trees and a landscaped garden with stairs and flowering plants under a partly cloudy sky.

Overview

By the mid-19th century, Broomhall had become one of Sheffield’s most significant planned Victorian suburbs, centred around Broomhall Park. This leafy enclave developed with elegant stone-built villas along streets such as Collegiate Crescent, Victoria Road, and Broomhall Road.

Today, the area forms part of a designated conservation area, with around 23 listed buildings and a distinctive architectural character defined by mature trees, grand boundary walls and gateways, and its close connection to one of the city’s universities.

Entryway with staircase, wood paneling, and chandelier in a well-lit house.
Kitchen with dark teal cabinets, white marble countertops, a kitchen island with seating, and a wooden floor.

Our client purchased one of these historic stone villas. Though not listed, the property sits at the heart of the conservation area and retains a quiet, traditional charm that calls for thoughtful preservation.

Over the years, the house had been converted into apartments and bore many of the scars: poor-quality off-shot extensions, awkward corridors, and multiple bathrooms squeezed into unsuitable spaces.

The brief was to reimagine the house as a coherent family home—opening up the interior, simplifying circulation, and restoring a sense of grandeur and flow.

A new side extension, designed to be sympathetic to the original architecture, provided a practical and elegant second entrance with generous storage and utility space.

Inside, we reconfigured the ground floor to open up views directly through the house to the rear terrace and garden.

Previously, the back of the house had little connection with the outdoors. Now, generous glazed openings invite the garden in, creating a much stronger relationship between inside and out.

One of the most transformative changes came at the first-floor level, where we removed a series of cramped bathrooms to create a striking, double-height space. A large new window now frames a panoramic view over the mature garden and floods the once-dark hallway below with natural light.

View through a window showing a garden with a purple-leaved tree, green shrubs, and brick walls on either side.
View of a backyard garden with a glass railing separating a patio and a lush green lawn, surrounded by trees and flowering plants.
Entryway with white door featuring two arched windows, a brown doormat, and dark green built-in cabinets.
Interior view of a kitchen with a round dining table, white chairs, green cabinets, a marble countertop, and a modern chandelier hanging from the ceiling.
View of a room through an open door, featuring a mint green locker with plush toys and a giraffe figure on top, a framed Central Park landscape on the wall, and a black bookshelf with colorful toys and artwork in the background.
Entryway with wooden staircase, beige carpet runner with black borders, wood-paneled walls, hardwood floor, and chandelier.
A small entryway with a tiled floor, a green wooden coat rack with hooks holding jackets and bags, a wooden bench with shoes underneath, a large window showing greenery outside, and a staircase in the corner.

Outside, at the rear of the property, a challenging drop in levels was turned into an asset.

We proposed a series of terraces leading down to the flat lawn below. Later, working with an award-winning landscape designer, this concept was further refined and enhanced with captivating planting and carefully considered hard landscaping.

This project is a celebration of sensitive intervention: preserving the building’s character while unlocking its potential for contemporary family living.

Interior dining room with a chandelier, pink curtains, large windows showing trees outside, a potted plant, and part of a dark marble table.
Living room with light green wall, white curtains, cream sofa with pillows, wooden sideboard with photo frames, lamp, and decorative vase with dried flowers.