Stable Acre
Stable Acre
We acted as structural engineers to remodel a 37-metre-long mid-19th century stable block to create a new £380,000 home situated on the edge of a working farm in Norfolk.
Internally the 250m2 of rooms are organised in a linear arrangement by David Kohn Architects. The open plan living space is placed centrally with a kitchen at one end of the building and the bedrooms placed in a row, and terminated with the master bedroom, at the other. Each of the rooms has wide views of the rural landscape to the south-west.
Fragments of the ruined 19th century stable block were retained and incorporated into the new house while the existing floor and roof were replaced. Southerly glazing, exposed brick walls and the thermally massive floor structure provide passive heating of the interior while a relatively shallow floor plan allows cooling by natural ventilation.
The former paddock was reconfigured with the buildings removed from the site and an apple orchard introduced to domesticate the landscape. A dense concrete and lead gatehouse, which contains a refurbished borehole and pump, frames one’s arrival to the house.
The house won the Building Design award for ‘One-Off House Architect of the Year’ and a RIBA Regional Award.
Client: Stuart Shave
Architect: David Kohn Architects
Photos: Courtesy of the architect