{"id":145638,"date":"2025-09-18T16:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/145638\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T16:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:00:17","slug":"wgp-converts-listed-cambridgeshire-mill-into-family-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/145638\/","title":{"rendered":"WGP converts listed Cambridgeshire mill into family home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WGP Architects has reworked and upgraded a Grade II-listed mill in Cambridgeshire into a family home.<\/p>\n<p>The mill, originally recorded in the Domesday Book, ceased operations in the 1930s, and has since had a variety of uses. Its conversion sought to seamlessly integrate contemporary elements and technology with careful retention of the historic fabric.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-799076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WGP-Architects_The-Old-Mill_Anthony-Coleman_06.jpg-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2047\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Key to the brief was reinstating significant historic features to emphasise the buildings\u2019 industrial and domestic hierarchy, including reintroducing the gabled roofscape and historic fenestration pattern.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-799074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WGP-Architects_The-Old-Mill_Anthony-Coleman_04.jpg-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2047\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Contemporary interventions use deliberately contrasting materials to emphasise the building\u2019s original form. A historic internal walkway has been reimagined in perforated metal, while a new glazed link reconnects the second mill building to the main entrance.<\/p>\n<p>The project also placed a strong emphasis on sustainability, incorporating energy-efficient systems and reused building materials throughout.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-799082\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WGP-Architects_The-Old-Mill_Anthony-Coleman_12.jpg-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2047\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Architect\u2019s view<\/p>\n<p>Our goal was not simply to preserve the mill\u2019s legacy, but to retell its story through highly innovative design. For example, we reconfigured several inside spaces, once filled with mill equipment, into open-plan layouts that retain cues to their historic functions.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, a central, two-tiered, post-tensioned helical stone stair with waxed steel balustrade, phosphorus bronze handrail and \u2018mill wheel\u2019 landing feature now stands where milling gear once connected the floors, acting as a sculptural and symbolic feature of the home\u2019s industrial past.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the lucum, a projecting timber structure at the top of the building, where grains were once hoisted up and stored for milling, now serves as a reading space with panoramic views over the wider landscape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"picture\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-799276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Old-Mill_Ground-Floor-scaled.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Project data<\/p>\n<p>Start on site November 2021<br \/>Completion date May 2025<br \/>Gross internal floor area 1,000 m2<br \/>Gross (internal + external) floor area 1,200 m2<br \/>Form of contract\u00a0Management contracting<br \/>Construction cost Undisclosed<br \/>Architect WGP Architects<br \/>Structural engineer Webb Yates Engineers<br \/>M&amp;E consultant ITS Consultancy<br \/>Landscape consultant Claire Greener Landscapes<br \/>Planning consultant DWG planning<br \/>Heritage consultant University of Leicester<br \/>Lighting designer Stileman<br \/>Stone masonry Carvero Stonemasonry<br \/>Steelwork Astley Fab<br \/>Balustrade and handrail Sim Fabrications<br \/>Project manager ECYS<br \/>Principal designer WGP Architects<br \/>Approved building inspector Clarke Banks<br \/>Main contractor Linx Construction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WGP Architects has reworked and upgraded a Grade II-listed mill in Cambridgeshire into a family home. 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