Our clients had obtained outline planning consent for a detached dwelling in the grounds of their existing property, in an elevated site with views over Croyde Bay. We were commissioned to develop a design solution and take the project through to completion.
The brief was a 2 bedroom property flexible enough to allow for potentially very different end users – either the clients’ elderly parents, the clients’ own children, or indeed the clients themselves.
Those constraints suggested that the main living spaces and one bedroom should be on the entrance level; that in turn along with the available footprint, suggested a second storey was needed. We therefore opted to go down rather than up, utilising the slope of the site to create a semi-subterranean lower level with second bedroom, a bathroom and a large playroom.
The resulting plan is an L shape wrapped around an outdoor terrace on the south western side. Externally the building is treated as a timber clad box, sitting on a stone plinth – traditional materials used in a contemporary way.
LOCATION: Croyde, Devon
GIA: 200sqm
CONSTRUCTION VALUE: £600,000
STATUS: Ongoing
STAGE OF INVOLVEMENT: Design & Planning
“You have been an absolute pleasure to work with and we really appreciate your thoughtful and creative approach.” Mr & Mrs Young, Private Client
