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Sheltered Space
A lone turn-of-the-century cottage
in a field becomes the measure for a new family home. Together with this
cottage three additional blocks of similar size complete a sheltered kitchen
garden at the heart of the house.
The new house is anchored by a
series of dry cut stone walls. On entering the site to the north one is held
between a raised tree bed in front of the cottage and a cranking wall that
leads you to the entrance. Three terraced planters embank the house to the
south.
A datum line is established by the
eaves of the existing cottage interrupted only by the cottage roof, new chimney
stacks and a kitchen rooflight.
The modesty of the cottage
construction is carried in the continued use of rendered concrete block. The
dressed limestone cills of the cottage encourage the occasional use of dressed
stone for steps and wall cappings. To reinforce the heart of the house the
kitchen garden walls are painted with a deep red mineral pigment. All other
walls are painted with a neutral grey.
From the exterior the new house
presents itself as a solid form selectively eroded to allow window opes and to
form recessed external terraces to the south and west. A new entrance porch to
the north shifts the original entry axis from the existing cottage.
On entering, a flagged limestone
floor becomes a level threshold to the house and its kitchen garden. The
original cottage accommodates an office and a playroom that will become a
library over time. A kitchen/dining area is orientated towards a west-facing
terrace. Elements of built-in oak furniture punctuate circulation. A number of
steps lead down to the oak-floored living and sleeping areas as well as the
terraced gardens to the south.
in a field becomes the measure for a new family home. Together with this
cottage three additional blocks of similar size complete a sheltered kitchen
garden at the heart of the house.
The new house is anchored by a
series of dry cut stone walls. On entering the site to the north one is held
between a raised tree bed in front of the cottage and a cranking wall that
leads you to the entrance. Three terraced planters embank the house to the
south.
A datum line is established by the
eaves of the existing cottage interrupted only by the cottage roof, new chimney
stacks and a kitchen rooflight.
The modesty of the cottage
construction is carried in the continued use of rendered concrete block. The
dressed limestone cills of the cottage encourage the occasional use of dressed
stone for steps and wall cappings. To reinforce the heart of the house the
kitchen garden walls are painted with a deep red mineral pigment. All other
walls are painted with a neutral grey.
From the exterior the new house
presents itself as a solid form selectively eroded to allow window opes and to
form recessed external terraces to the south and west. A new entrance porch to
the north shifts the original entry axis from the existing cottage.
On entering, a flagged limestone
floor becomes a level threshold to the house and its kitchen garden. The
original cottage accommodates an office and a playroom that will become a
library over time. A kitchen/dining area is orientated towards a west-facing
terrace. Elements of built-in oak furniture punctuate circulation. A number of
steps lead down to the oak-floored living and sleeping areas as well as the
terraced gardens to the south.
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