House Through the Red Gate
Architecture Residential United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
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1. The new open plan kitchen/garden room with fully glazed walls 7799 px 4672 px 12 MB A3 print |
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2. Steel flitch junction details 5171 px 7756 px 16 MB A3 print |
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3. A glimpse of the house through the red moon gate 8106 px 5404 px 16 MB A3 print |
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5. Solar shading 5319 px 7979 px 18 MB A3 print |
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7. Wide angle of the house at dawn 7155 px 4906 px 14 MB A3 print |
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8. The red moon gate is reflected in the glazed walls of new extension 4908 px 4097 px 11 MB A4 print |
Description
Like so many Cotswold farmyard conversions, House Through the Red Gate was formed from two listed Cotswold-stone byres.
While there can be advantages in subdivision, it meant that portions of the house felt very disconnected, from both each other and the gardens between. Being a listed building the conservation officer was determined to maintain the visual isolation so we negotiated a form that took cues from tin-roofed pole barns, prevalent in many old farmyards. The full glazed walls integrate the courtyard garden into the space, and a new gatehouse was used as the front door to ensure privacy despite the openness of the space created.
Boreholes were added to the courtyard to facilitate a GSHP, with an outbuilding housing the PV cells, batteries and car chargers. An LVL roof was used to create the thin cantilevered shading to the glazing, ensuring contemporary and sustainable solutions without negatively impacting the listed heritage asset.
Questions and Answers
Key products used:
Metsa Wood - Kerto LVL panels,
Sky Garden - Extensive green roof
Ideal Combi - Windows (barns)
Ultraline - Windows/Sliding Door (Extension)
Energy Zone - Renewables/EV etc
What was the brief?
The brief was to modernise a Cotswold stone barn conversion into a contemporary family home. The thermal envelope needed to expand in size when the owners' grown children returned home before shrinking back down when it was just the two of them.
What were the key challenges?
The key challenge was the heritage value of the existing structures. These needed to be afforded substantial weight in the design process to ensure a balanced end product that counterpointed rather than dominated the barns. We also wanted to ensure a full raft of renewables were integrated into the scheme by hiding them on outbuildings or underground.
What are the sustainability features?
Solar Shading
Green Roof
GSHP
Photovoltaics
EV Charging
Home Batteries
Biodiverse Landscaping
Reused Materials
Softwood Timber Structure
Details
| Completion date | 2023 |
| Building levels | 1 |
Project team
| Hither Garden Design | Landscape Design | |
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Artel31 | Architect - Design and Build |
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Giraffe Engineering | Structural Engineering |