Historic Hamblin House
Originally built around 1900, Historic Hamblin House is a large two-and-a-half story Colonial Revival/Shingle Style home located on one of Cape Cod’s grandest seaside boulevards. The house sits high on a knoll and overlooks harbor, outer beach, ocean, and a built context of mostly large historic homes and resort hotels. PSD’s work made minimal changes to the exterior. Interior spaces were re-worked to solve circulation problems and open them up to the view.
| Project Category | Renovation |
|---|---|
| Scope of Work | Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Construction |
| Finished Space Above Grade | 4,937 |
| Guest House Finished Space Above Grade | 722 |
| Photography | Brian Vanden Brink |
A second-floor addition was added over a 1990’s addition.
The new attic here has a side-facing fan light window that matches the original fan light window facing the street. Roof overhangs with fine classical details on the original were replicated on the addition. Side entry columns and a side-facing bay window remain from the previous addition, but a new Shingle Style bracket at the front corner allows the new space above to appear supported as it cantilevers over the existing. At the front porch a contemporary bay window was replaced with a more substantial historically influenced one, and deteriorating columns, balustrade, and structure were repaired.
A new kitchen, formal and informal dining spaces, woodwork and built-in cabinetry, and a primary suite sitting room and new bathroom were added.
The family room opens to the pool and terrace. New low-profile ceiling coffers (to add character but minimally affect existing ceiling height), an abstracted classical fireplace surround, and built-in cabinetry playfully adorn the space. A pantry that blocked the central family room from the view-facing front of the house was removed and worked in elsewhere. Now the family room is open to the completely new kitchen, its warm materials, and to the view out the new bay window beyond.
This is the new sitting area within the primary suite. The view was hidden before the renovation/addition work.
It occupies the spot in the house with the best view. It had previously been a bathroom with low headroom and no window facing the view.
Refreshed and improved, the boulevard’s Grand Dame is ready for another century of contented family living.
A cupola and a hood roof over the doors were added to the freestanding garage/guest house. A fire pit and new doors out were added at the pool area behind the house.
