Planning Submitted

To East Hertfordshire

For a new five bedroom dwelling in the Green Belt.

Located in East Hertfordshire, and within the Green Belt, Marjoram Architects were commissioned to design a new five bedroom family home. The new house, which is to replace the existing five bedroom dwelling on the site, is a contemporary yet sympathetic response to the green and open site.

Occupying a more southern location than the existing house facilitates the creation of a new arrival courtyard and covered cloister which leads into the new double height entrance arrangement.

Internally, dramatic double height spaces with connecting bridge and feature staircase link the ground and first floor. Open plan living space, spanning east to west, at ground and first floor creates a full width connection to the garden, with terraces on the upper level framing views across the fields beyond.

At first floor generous bedrooms, with en-suites and private terraces surround the open plan entertaining space.

The proposed material palette takes reference from the existing and surrounding context, using earthy and traditional materials alongside more contemporary materials in a sympathetic and complementary manner.

Roman brick is proposed to achieve a high quality and contemporary finish whilst being sympathetic to its immediate context. Different brick bonding is used to create definition and detail within the façade.

Charred timber cladding is proposed to areas of the façade with the sole aim of creating a visually pleasing intervention that is complementary to the brickwork and sympathetic to the heavily wooded site.

The final solution is the result of an enjoyable and collaborative process with a very open minded client who throughout have pushed for design excellence.

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June – Planning Updates

Pre-Application Submitted