Walton Road, Wavendon
Bespoke houses with associated garaging in the open countryside.
The Clients were recommended our services after receiving objections to their planning application on the grounds that the development did not respond to local context, does not reinforce local distinctiveness, and the massing of the dwellings were out of scale with surrounding buildings, in particular the agricultural nature of the farmyard structures.
Our proposals seek to blend modern expectations of a dwelling with the traditional craft and materiality of the area. Accommodation is evenly distributed across two floors with reception rooms to the front and a family orientated kitchen diner at the rear. Natural light is drawn down through the house from a glazed lantern above the circulation stair. Materials are chosen in the context of being used against the backdrop of the trees and to account for the variable change of colour throughout the seasons.
Habitat creation / enhancement measures and ecological management & maintenance activities included: planting fruit trees, bird and bat boxes, wood / log piles, hedgehog domes and great crested newt protective corridors.
GROSS INTERNAL FLOOR AREAS 376m² / 4050ft² & 325m² / 3500ft²
