John Millington, Cheadle Hulme
Client. Hydes Brewery
Contract Value. £1.1m
A Grade II Listed building and a Hyde`s Heritage inn, this C17th alderman’s country residence had latterly become a small Italian restaurant. Hyde’s acquired the site for conversion into a Heritage Inn with extensions and DWA’s Mike Maddocks was the man for the job!
Whilst being a Heritage Inn, the brief was to provide an light, bright and female friendly but traditional environment, with a strong food and wine emphasis aimed at the ladies of Cheshire – and associated males of course!
To lend credence to the seeming age of he extensions, salvaged stone arches, windows, rain water hoppers, leaded glass screens and church dado paneling was used extensively. Even the new ceilings were bowed as if with age: artifice perhaps, but effective.
The extensions were built in matching hand made bricks, to match the original, along with stone detailing – quoins, cills and door and window heads, with cast rainwater goods.
A small but charming external drinks and dining area completed the award winning exterior.
