Heather Hill

We began with the desire to avoid the house being a large imposing structure – rather, to ensure that the house was broken into a group of elements. The idea of changes in level was adopted, as was the use of flat roofs to reduce the bulk of the building.

The brief seemed to split naturally into three; the main body of the house containing living spaces and bedrooms that sat square to the view; a wing for guests, incorporating study and tv/media room that is angled to one side of the living wing, hinging around an outdoor pool; and a ‘service’ wing containing garaging and gym room on the entrance side that creates a sense of enclosure upon arrival.

The main living/bedroom volume has a fully glazed facade and is set back below the upper floor by 1.5M to provide solar shading - perforated metal screens to the upper level provide privacy to en-suite bathrooms.

The base of the building has a buff facing brick, above a black stained vertical timber boarding to complements the surrounding woodland.