Private House, Burley, New Forest, Hampshire

This new house is conceived as a collection of pitched roof volumes, similar in size and scale to the farms typical of the area. The black standing seam metal roofs, western red cedar cladding, and white render walls also evoke the local vernacular.

The structure is also vernacular, but with some contemporary elements. The roofs are of timber construction, but using Parallam for the primary structure of the living wing, and TJ joists for the long roof span of the sleeping wing. Walls are of conventional blockwork, and the foundations are simple mass concrete strip footings. Steel has been used in a few instances where slenderness was important. The kitchen contains a staircase made from a folded steel plate bolted to a masonry wall, allowing the stair flight to have no stringer. This is a theme that we have developed over a number of years, and is a direct derivation of the Georgian stone stair.

Architect John Pardey Architects