The Quarry house occupies the site of a former shallow stone quarry on a hillside located outside the village of Cressbrook, between the steep wooded valleys of Cressbrook Dale and the River Wye, to become the first modern house within the Peak District National Park.
The house occupies the flat bed of the quarry and is backed by a rocky face some 4M high to the north and stone for the house was hewn from the ground and cut to size.
Quarry House
The house is a single-storey, green roofed form that spans the site to enjoy the fabulous distant views. An open courtyard punctuates the form providing a sheltered outdoor court between the main living spaces and a master bedroom suite beyond. Single- storey wings return back at both ends towards the quarry face providing bedroom and guest accommodation.
A ‘gloriette’ (a name derived from one of the greatest houses of the 20th century in a rooftop space on the Desert House in Palm Springs, California from 1945 by the architect Richard Neutra) provides a wonderful viewing space at first floor.
Between the quarry face and house a rock garden is created.
The house is expressed as a frame, made from recycled and reconstituted local stone with infills in stone. Walls onto the rock garden courtyard are clad in dark stained-larch.
The gloriette is clad in satin grey/blue anodised metal ensuring it sits tonally well with the blue slate tiles of the roofs of Cressbrook in distant views.
Client | Private client |
Status | Construction |
Contract value | £ undisclosed |
GIA m2 | 379 (including annexe building) m2 |
Planning consultant | Frederick Adam |
Structural engineer | Peak Engineers |
Landscape architect | Bestall & Co |
Ecology | BSG Ecology |
Highways consultant | LDA Ltd |
Project Team | Adam Jundi, Pete Humphry |
Photography | © nu.ma |