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Somerset-based architecture studio Bindloss Dawes has completed the extension of a local, Grade-II listed village school with a monolithic timber addition. The original school building, constructed in 1864, was converted into a residence in the 1940s. According to the architects, the property was extended in the 1970s with a bedroom wing that was not appropriately integrated with the original design. Francesca Iovene for Bindloss Dawes   Bindloss Dawes removed and replaced the extension with a more contextual structure. The new, all-timber addition was designed to mirror the massing and shape of the existing roof and create a more harmonious and functional layout. Bindloss Dawes Bindloss Dawes   The... More