This new home, in an environmentally sensitive location, has been raised on piles so that it floats above the site. Harnessing a degree of passive solar heating, a series of interconnected spaces creates a light airy volume and helps in the distribution of heat.
The unusual design of this house was in response to the site levels with the main entrance on the top floor, and the gradient of the adjacent bank allowing access at all levels either directly or via balcony and bridge links. Features include a timber frame and cladding, and organic paints and stains.
This extension to a Victorian Grade II Listed farmhouse has a glass-roofed link to the existing house. Landscaping was an integral part of the design - with glass to floor level and a large timber deck, the differentiation between inside and outside spaces is almost removed.
A complete renovation of this part-Elizabethan Grade II Listed Manor House conserved the important historic structure as well as adding modern comforts. The garden and landscape were also improved, including a footbridge over the historic moat together with the addition of an indoor swimming pool.
A large extension to this Grade II Listed 18thC farmhouse includes a living and dining area, open to the timber-framed roof. The dining room links to a sumptuous kitchen on the ground floor, a wine cellar below and an office in the roof space.
Interior of the Eco-House , Beccles
Eco-House, Beccles
extension to house at woodsfield