The William Boosey
A 17th-century inn, specified for a 21st-century trading day
A 17th-century coaching inn in Hatfield Peverel, refit-led with the historic fabric kept central. The Commission was a conversation between the building and the operator. Where the historic detail had to be retained, the studio held the line.
Where a 17th-century building had stopped serving 21st-century trading, the studio specified the modern infrastructure beneath the surface — kitchen flow, sightlines, acoustic treatment, lighting layered for service. The result is an interior that reads as a serious refit of a serious building, not a 17th-century pub politely modernised.
Walk YOUR home with Manong before a single thing is specified.
The Discovery is the first stage of every Tone Commission: a structured meeting at YOUR property or at the studio, where Manong walks YOUR brief with you and tells you plainly what she would do with the space. She is the designer on every Commission she takes, and the work is never handed to a junior. The Discovery is a paid stage, credited in full against the design fee if you both decide to go on, so YOU find out what YOU are dealing with either way.
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