Building a highly contemporary, spacious family home in a sensitive conservation area required imagination and skill. The client wanted a highly sustainable and energy efficient family home which made the most of the views. Witcher Crawford’s design placed all the principal rooms so they overlook the view and dug into the landscape so that the new two-storey building did not exceed the height of the bungalow it replaced. It is a clean, crisp structure which is clearly domestic but features open plan living to create all the space the family required.

Externally, materials and colours harmonise with the natural environment by mixing white chalk tone render and natural unfinished cedar. The zinc roof is fitted with PV and solar heating panels and the walk on roof light above the sunken kitchen brings in a huge amount of natural light.

The property features a stunning bespoke steel and glass spiral staircase – the only curve in the house. The staircase has a hollow ribbon of stainless steel which gracefully spirals upwards.