CONTACTS/ SUPPLIERS


ARCHITECT Brown & Brown brownandbrown.studio


ENGINEER


Design Engineering Workshop


designengineeringworkshop.co.uk


CONTRACTOR & JOINER Crombie Ltd Crombie.build


LARCH Russwood russwood.co.uk


SANITARYWARE Lusso Stone lussostone.com


STOVE Firemaker firemaker.co.uk


it still had great thermal properties and supersedes what Building Regulations ask for,” asserts Andrew. To heat the property an air source heat pump was fitted at the rear of the house where its nestled between the house and the hillside to offer it protection from the elements. This powers the underoor heating system and is ery efficient although most of the heat in the building comes from natural solar gain through the glazing. To ensure the building holds the heat well and uses less energy, trickle vents have been fitted in the walls rather than the windows to encourage airow and windows hae been positioned to open at specific points to naturally cross ventilate the house.


The difficulties in getting supplies to the site


led Brown & Brown to choose materials that largely could be dealt with by manual handling and in the main it took a lot more planning, but it all came together albeit more slowly. The only aspect that didn’t go as planned was a feature wall of board-marked concrete in the main living space. “Once the concrete lorry had been on site to do the foundations, the driver refused to return to do the wall as the access was too difficult.


After some head scratching, Brown & Brown decided to have the wall built in lightweight masonry and asked their microcement specialist, Concreto Living Coatings who also made the


70 www.sbhonline.co.uk


ooring to do a microcement effect with board marks for the wall. “It still looks like a heavy-duty concrete wall but it’s not!” Somewhat unusually, Brown & Brown were also involved in the interior design of the project, not only the layout. Andrew explains the approach: “It was important that it was a calm materials palette. We knew that Siobhan and Rory had a lot of mid-century furniture and we wanted the space not to feel too minimal or sparse. However, there’s a big difference between a house and a holiday house in terms of how you use it, and thats reected in the layout that we suggested.” He continues: “It is not where you live all the time and while you do need somewhere to store the vacuum cleaner you don’t need space for school report cards.” Taking their inspiration from Scandinavian summer houses which are generally centred around one larger social space, Brown & Brown suggested locating the entrance to the house at the rear of the property. “As you come in at the back of the property we wanted to take the view away from you and we deliberately positioned a solid bit of wall where you enter. Once you come around this into the social space then you’re rewarded with the views.”


A compact hall (4 x 4 m) leads to the principal


bedroom and ensuite. On the other side of the social areas are two guest bedrooms, along with a family bathroom at the front and a utility


may/jun 2023


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76