This large family home with guest accommodation, home office and workshop is located in the village of Donhead St Mary, in Wiltshire. The design had to be sympathetic to its rural location and its neighbours within the hamlet, plus the potential impact on the setting of the neighbouring Listed water mill and mill house.
A traditional house with contemporary features
The main body of the house, a building of traditional appearance and faced in Shaftesbury Greensand stone, is set at 90 degrees to the road to present as small an elevation as possible to the street scene and minimise its size when viewed from the lane.
The T shaped plan maximises sun, and views from the open plan living spaces, over the stream at the bottom of the site.
The subservient guest accommodation with garage and workshop under is set back from the main house and is finished in a dark timber cladding to reduce its effect on neighbours. To the rear, a Juliette balcony allows the first floor door to be fully openable.
The house is constructed from Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF). The BecoWallForm system is so energy efficient that additional input required from the air source heat pump is minimal.