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- Stretford, Manchester
- 30 sqm new build garden studio
- English larch
- Builder: Boarshurst
- Structural Engineer: Dyse Structural Engineers
- Photographer: Dorian Knightley
- Arboriculturalist:
- Structural glazing: Clearview Glazingem