As the primary feature of the house, the
master bedroom on the upper floor has
dressing rooms and ensuite bathrooms
within the roof spaces of the single storey
wings either side. The bedroom itself is
light and airy, full of light from the full height
glazing with in the end gable.
One can step through the glazed screen
onto a modest balcony, looking out over
the fields and being nestled within the folds
of the oversailing roof the balcony is the
protected from the fiercest weather. It was
the low lying roof forms of the design that
eventually persuaded the planners, as it
reduced the overall visual impact compared
to the original design.
openings. This made it possible to use
standard 140mm stud panels with a 9mm
ply inner skin.
The walls floors and roof were all highly
insulated to give U values above building
regulations and technical membranes
installed internally and externally to give
maximum air tightness. Services were
housed in a small plant room as part of
the house layout to a narrow centrally
located service riser connecting both floors,
housing the MVHR system and underfloor
heating manifold.
The use of timber framed construction
proved to be tricky to solve as the clients
required large spans, tall gables and long
open plan views out into the garden and
fields beyond. The use of through coloured white render
at the ground floor served to provide a
crispness to the symmetrical forms in
contrast to the softer cedar cladding above,
left to silver naturally. Again a riven grey
slate with dark grey aluminium soffits
and facias brings back the crispness to a
contemporary design.
The compromise, was to insert a modest
steel frame for the first floor element with
a number of glulam beams over the larger www.s7a.co.uk
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