The local buildings are often stone built, many are rendered or painted, with roofs in slate or in some cases corrugated metal. Corrugated metal can also be seen used as cladding for several local late 19^th century pre-fabricated Tabernacles, as well as many agricultural buildings. Clom (or cob) is also used locally for some agricultural buildings and outbuildings (typically a mix of soil, straw and lime, with stone forming lower levels).

                     The client’s brief was for a new three bedroom house, with double-height living space, and a separate studio building.
                     Our design proposal positioned a new brick chimney form, with a distinct stepped form that is reminiscent of the nearby school, in the position of the existing chimney. The new living spaces coalesce around this form, with the principal volume of the house positioned on the footprint of the original building. A stair at the back of the chimney leads to a gallery sitting room and master bedroom. The dining room forms a lean-to outside the original footprint, set at a lower level to align with the site topography.

                     Although the existing building could not be retained, we sought to preserve its memory. A similar profile corrugated metal sheet is used, and the earlier form is partially legible through retained window positions. The original roof geometry is also described by a small offset to the upper section of cladding.

                     The adjacent studio replaces an earlier outbuilding, using clom formed above a stone base, with an overhanging corrugated metal roof providing protection from weather.

                     With some minor relevelling the existing site is terraced to form an entrance court, bedroom courtyard, vegetable garden and a pocket meadow.