CHARLIE WAS KEEN FOR THE HOUSE TO HAVE A BLACK GLOSS KITCHEN


CHARLIE DESCRIBES THE HOUSE AS “A BIT OF A MAN-PAD” BUT IT WAS CAREFULLY DESIGNED WITH FLEXIBILITY IN MIND


Once the foundations and retaining walls


were built, the remainder of the house was built with a timber frame, built in sections off-site and craned into place within the space of a week. “In hindsight it was probably the most difficult


way to build the house,” says Charlie. “The tol- erance between the concrete and timber was around 5mm, which allowed virtually no room for error. It would have been much more practi- cal to build the house entirely of timber, or entirely of masonry, rather than a combination of the two.”


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The plot was created from the lower section of a steep garden belonging to a large Victorian hillside property, overlooking a sweeping valley on the outskirts of Keighley. Charlie liked the views, its location and the heavily wooded land so much that rather than build to sell, he decided to build the house for himself


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THE SITE WAS LANDSCAPED TO CREATE A SEAMLESS LINK BETWEEN THE GROUND FLOOR AND THE GARDEN


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