Middle Stoke

A reflective cantilevered house

Middle Stoke

A cantilevered house

Project Information

Location

: Middle Stoke, Bath


Client

: Private


Status

: Completed 2021


Key Materials

: Steel frame, Aluminium composite cladding, Cotswold stone, MVHR system, Green roof


Collaborators

: B|D Landscape Architects ; Greenhalgh Landscape Architecture ; Format Engineers ; fotohaus

This scheme replaced a 1960s house overlooking the Avon Valley at Limpley Stoke. The site is in an exceptionally attractive location but did present a number of challenges – the far reaching views out of the site are almost due North, making it quite difficult to get sunlight to penetrate the plan. The original house was in an unsafe condition, being sited on an unstable slope at the southern edge of the site.

The new house has to sit closer to the Northern boundary of the site, but views out over and down the Avon Valley are made possible by cantilevering the upper storey off a rubble stone base. The upper storey culminates in the master bedroom and bathroom which will have unparalleled views out over the landscape. The garden has been designed to slip over and under the house, with green roofs and covered terraces, embedding the building into the landscape.

The simple rectangular volume of the upper storey is clad in charred timber battens (which were change from the aluminium cladding which was part of the original planning approval.

Structural Engineer: Format Engineers

Landscape design: B:D Landscape / Greenhalgh Landscape Architects

Photography: by fotohaus

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This scheme replaced a 1960s house overlooking the Avon Valley at Limpley Stoke. The site is in an exceptionally attractive location but did present a number of challenges – the far reaching views out of the site are almost due North, making it quite difficult to get sunlight to penetrate the plan. The original house was in an unsafe condition, being sited on an unstable slope at the southern edge of the site.

The new house has to sit closer to the Northern boundary of the site, but views out over and down the Avon Valley are made possible by cantilevering the upper storey off a rubble stone base. The upper storey culminates in the master bedroom and bathroom which will have unparalleled views out over the landscape. The garden has been designed to slip over and under the house, with green roofs and covered terraces, embedding the building into the landscape.

The simple rectangular volume of the upper storey is clad in charred timber battens (which were change from the aluminium cladding which was part of the original planning approval.

Structural Engineer: Format Engineers

Landscape design: B:D Landscape / Greenhalgh Landscape Architects

Photography: by fotohaus