Photography: Martin Gardner.
* Manor House Stables by AR Design Studio
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The historic Manor House Stables, once home to a Grand National-winning horse, comprised a single-storey building with brick and stone walls and a gently sloping gabled roof. AR Design Studio was tasked with transforming the Grade II listed structure into a modern home without removing any of the period features.
"The concept was to preserve the existing while making any new additions simple and pure in order to let the original character shine," explain the architects.
Manor House Stables
Friday April 5th 1946, on a beautifully clear spring afternoon crowds cheered as the 25/1 racehorse, "Lovely Cottage", strode triumphantly past the finishing post to be crowned winner of the Grand National, the UKs largest horse race. Trained by Tommy Rayson and ridden by Captain Robert Petre at the first true Aintree Grand National race since 1940, after the Second World War, and the last to take place on a Friday, which had been the tradition since 1876.
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