'Siva House' is one of ten houses known as the 'Country Lane Houses' along the East edge of the Great Kneighton masterplan site Aura, recently developed by Countryside Properties. Similar in plan arrangement to new designs elsewhere in the city, functions of these houses are stacked with living spaces placed above ground floor level serviced rooms, surmounted by bedrooms to form compact energy efficient building forms.Situated at the southern end of the site on a wide garden plot, Siva House will eventually sit alongside future landscape and public amenity space forming a green link to the evolving nature reserve and the biomedical campus at Addenbrooke's beyond.

The proposed extension will enhance ground floor living space connected to the existing kitchen using a split level arrangement providing a stronger outdoor relationship with internal spaces. An opening top lit central space separates a dining space and home office toward the front of the property, increasing daylight and the ability to naturally ventilate living spaces. The front of the property is visually separated from the road by a timber screen and planting concealing a small private courtyard.