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Private House, AllertonShedKMDating from circa 1660 and grade II listed, oak farm, its threshing barn and shippon stables have been transformed to create a community of five homes linked by a communal courtyard. Since the site's early construction, Allerton cemetery has grown around the wooded farm buildings and secured its dramatic isolated setting. Historically, the site developed as new buildings were added to suit changing agricultural requirements, and in response to this the site has been designed to strategically read as a group of small scale buildings and pavilions linked by a series of landscape armatures. Proposals for a future landscape pavilion seeks to reinforce this. The restoration process of the farmhouse stripped away the crude 18th and 19th century alterations and extensions allowing the original gabled farmhouse to be read clearly alongside new interventions. The locally quarried stone farmhouse is now accompanied by a new stone building, constructed using matching stone to a dramatically new module using local materials in a new way. The link between these two buildings is created with a 'glass link' to maintain the clarity of each. The main entrance to oak farm 1 addresses the communal courtyard, but once inside the main focus and orientation is southward toward the private wooded gardens. The farmhouse building sits on a stone plinth which passes inside at the glass link to form the floor finish within the farmhouse. Stepping down into the newly built annexe, the south elevation is fully glazed taking advantage of the views and reveals the mature ash tree that the new building has been centered on. The floor level is lower than the surrounding landscape allowing eyeline views along the woodland floor. a timber plinth embracing the ash tree bridges from outside to become an internal finish. Views out toward the newly constructed pond and further mature trees are allowed by a single span 4 metre high oriel window linking the ground floor and first floor on the west elevation. Internally, the farmhouse creates enclosed rooms for privacy, whilst the new build is open plan for family entertaining. Within both buildings fixed storage units, utility pods and mobile dividing walls are bespoke and made from teak providing a continuity of finishes to complement the red sandstone. Colour and texture are predominantly provided by natural finishes except for fixed bedroom furniture which provides a bold splash of colour. The project duration including restoring the farmhouse was a painstaking 18 months. Use the pull-down menu below to access previous projects of the month. |
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