The Cottage
The Cottage is the culmination of over 5
years work by Guy Hollaway Architects’
Principal Partner to realise his own family
home. Based on a lifetime of experience, the
house features a collection of spaces that
transform an 18th Century Cottage into a
21st Century family home.
Set within the Kentish countryside this is a
house of two sides, a quintessential cottage
to the front and an uncompromising kitchen,
dining, living space to the rear.
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By Guy Hollaway
Before the retrofit the Cottage was already
a picture of Kentish Charm, however,
by modern standards it did not suit the
aspirations of today’s living.
The project’s aim sought to fully renovate
and adapt a non-listed cottage to bring it
into the modern era and extend the life well
into the next millennium - a juxtaposition of
old and new was deliberately captured and a
harmony between the two was fastidiously
worked on.
A key concept behind the functionality of the
living space was to challenge conventional
thresholds between internal and external.
In contrast to the front of the house, the
rear glazed façade slides to merge with the
external living and pool area, resulting in a
fusion of internal and external environments
to become one larger, coexisting space.