Oakwrights worked with the Patrick and Susan to convert their conceptual sketches into a three dimensional floor plan, which incorporates large, open rooms. Determined to avoid a forest of intrusive upright timbers, which would break up these predominantly open planned living spaces, Patrick and Susan set the company a demanding challenge to design an oak frame with the bare minimum of upright structural supports.
From the front, the property boasts exposed oak timbering, jettied first floor rooms and traditional oak-framed windows, with handmade clay roof tiles, handmade bricks imported from Belgium and authentic copper guttering.
Step inside the broad entrance door, however, and instead of low ceilings, narrow corridors and a warren of interconnecting rooms there are spacious, open plan areas with high ceilings which are filled with natural light and enjoy views over the garden through the extensive glazing. This is particularly evident in the sitting room, where a glazed ‘garden room’ area is positioned to the rear.
Two sets of French doors lead out from the heart of the house: a magnificent open plan kitchen/breakfast room, featuring hand-built cabinets topped with granite worktops, and a creamy flagstone floor laid over under floor heating - which extends into the neighbouring open plan dining room.
Beside the kitchen an enclosed staircase leads down to the extensive and unexpected basement level, which offers the family the additional space they craved for such luxuries as a home cinema, walk-in wardrobes and an office, as well as numerous service areas such as a wet-room, utility, plant room and even a second kitchen.
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