Leyland House

A replacement family house on a leafy suburban site in Goring-on-Thames for two doctors and their their children.
The existing 1970s brick and tile house was replaced with a simple, two storey rectangular form that straddles the rear of the site, maximizing the south facing garden space. A single storey masonry wing projects forward to the eastern side addressing the approach driveway and forms an entrance loggia to the house.

The flat roofed form ensures the house maintains a low profile while also hiding a series of solar thermal panels.

The house is clad in western red cedar boarding while the projecting wing is in a red brick typical of the locality that returns to enclose the north façade at ground level.

The entrance is deeply recessed beneath a loggia, shielded from the driveway by a freestanding wall offering privacy to the occupants and surprise to visitors. A generous hallway and utility also opens onto a downstairs tv/ guest bedroom. An open-plan kitchen-dining-living space has a fully glazed wall onto a south-facing terrace, while also addressing a retained swimming pool at one end.

At first floor, three double bedrooms face south, while at the westernmost end, a master bedroom suite turns west. Fixed glazed panels to bedrooms are complemented with dark insulated aluminium ventilation panels.

A brick chimney forms the centerpiece of the living space and anchors the house to its site.

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