A Georgian farmhouse

Wiltshire 2006

This house lies in a beatiful site in north Wiltshire, with distant views over the chalk downland. The site is some 60 acres and is wooded with ancient trees which rise on a bank above the house.

The building was a replacement dwelling for a large but unsightly bungalow. The planning position was controversial as the local authority have a policy against any increase in floor area or volume, and against ‘visual intrusion’ in the open countryside.

We argued that the new design, which is intended to have a handsome, ‘inevitable’, presence in this fine setting, was less intrusive than the existing building. The project received approval under delegated powers.

The house will be constructed of sustainable clay block with a limewashed render facade and bathstone dressings under a clay tile roof.