Accessible annexe in Canterbury, Kent. A single-storey, wheelchair-adapted annexe with black wood cladding to blend with heritage landscape.
Back view of the accessible annexe with solar panels on the roof and a heat source pump outside. Traditional tiled roof and black wood cladding blend the building with its historic setting.
Bright open-plan wheelchair-accessible kitchen diner living room with double height vaulted ceiling. Modern interior with pale lemon coloured walls and a matt black fitted kitchen with roll under sink and pull-down cabinets.
Wheelchair accessible wet-room with modern chrome fittings including a roll under sink. Contemporary natural stone wall tiles and wood effect wet-room flooring.
Modern accessible wetroom with natural stone tile walls and chrome fittings. Features include a Geberit Aquaclean bidet toilet and roll under sink.
Bright and airy bedroom with en-suite wheelchair accessible wet room. Double doors with level access overlook a patio area and sweeping countryside views.
Bright and airy bedroom with en-suite wheelchair accessible wet room. Oak doors and flooring compliments pale yellow walls with lowered sockets and Smart Home Automation controls.
Wheelchair accessible hallway with widened doorways. Features roll-in storage with easy slide doors and lowered handles. Bright pale yellow hallway with oak doors throughout.
Double oak doors to accessible wetroom. Door widening and automated opening providing easy access for wheelchair users.
Quotation Marks

It has been our pleasure to work on this project with the client and their family. We wish them all the very best going forwards with their new state-of-the-art wheelchair accessible home.

Sam Mohabir, Freedom Business Manager

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Project Description

A new build annexe within the grounds of a residential property in Canterbury, Kent. The single-storey building has been sympathetically designed to blend with a Grade II listed property within a conservation area.

Freedom delivered construction and specialist fit-out works under a Minor Works Building Contract with contractors design. Kent Design Studio was the project architect.

Meeting the Design Brief
This accessible annexe was bespoke designed for a 25-year-old with a spinal cord injury awaiting discharge from Stoke Mandeville. Key to the brief was creation of an accessible home close to the family residence whilst maintaining privacy and independence.

In keeping with the special requirements for a Listed building within a historic landscape, the annexe is a traditional timber-frame construction. The clay peg roof tiles are handmade in Kent.

The property has been enhanced with sustainable features and Assistive Technologies to help the client feel safer and more confident within their new home.

The annexe was partially DFG-funded and we worked alongside the client’s Trusted Assessor and support network to deliver an optimally adapted solution for the available budget.

Accessible external landscaping is in keeping with environment and includes aggregate filled pathways around the property and eco-grid permeable paving.

The Annexe building was handed over in December 2024. Weather dependent external works, including levelling to lay the lawn and a wildflower link pathway to main house, will be undertaken in Spring 2025.

Disability Adaptations

  • Fully adapted annex building with flush thresholds to all doors.
  • Smart Home Building Automation, including internal and external doors.
  • Accessible wet room, with voice activated shower, remote-controlled toilet and roll under basin with grab rails.
  • Accessible kitchen with pull down wall units and pull-out base units.
  • Sustainable build with PV panels, Air Source Heat Pump and Passivent system.
  • Reinforcements for ceiling hoists & lifts.
  • Personalised Environmental Control System.
  • Accessible external landscaping.

Specialist Suppliers

Geberit logo. Manufacturers of the Aquaclean remote cotrol bidet toilet.
Howdens Logo. Manufacturers of the accessible kitchen units.
Aqualisa logo. Manufacturers of the wet room shower.
Villeroy and Boch logo. Howdens Logo. Manufacturers of the accessible roll under wet room wash basin.

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