Upper floor
Siberian larch battens
45 × 35 mm at 75 mm centres over a black membrane. Unfinished — it silvers evenly in two summers.
Ashgrove Houses · House 04
Walk through itbefore webuild it.
A four-bedroom family house: white render below, weathered larch above, the upper floor reaching two metres out over the terrace. Scroll to lift the roof, read the plans, climb the stair and watch a summer day cross the garden.
201 m² net4 bedroomsPlot 832 m²Energy class A
Scroll — the roof comes off
01
The plans
The roof lifts, the walls are cut at 1.20 m, and the drawing reads the way your architect's does.
Plans · cut at +1.20
Ground floor
Net floor area0 m²
02
Walk in
Through the front door, past the stair, into the room that opens onto the garden.
01 · Front door
Under the canopy
A one-metre larch pivot door under a cast concrete canopy, a wall light and the house number in bronze. The path from the street is four slabs long.
02 · Hall
Shoes off, coats away
Stone floor, a built-in wardrobe along the west wall and an oak bench. A rooflight over the door lets daylight down onto the foot of the stair.
03 · Stair
Seventeen oak treads
A straight flight along the wall: 17 risers of 182 mm, 270 mm going, steel plate stringers and a glass balustrade. Open storage underneath.
04 · Living space
One room across the south
Kitchen along the north wall with a 2.4 m island, dining for six under a linear light, and a sofa corner by the suspended fire.
05 · The view
Three panels slide away
Three 2.4 m glazed panels open the room onto the terrace and the pool. The floor above shades the glass at midday in summer.
03
In section
A vertical cut straight through the staircase: two floors, one stair, and the upper floor over the terrace.
Section A–A · through the stair
The stair lands where it should.
The flight rises from the hall and arrives on the first-floor landing, at the end of the corridor, under the rooflight.
- Floor to floor3.10 m
- Stair17 × 182 = 3.094
- Going · run270 · 4.32 m
- Clear room height2.75 m
- Slab0.35 m
- Cantilever over terrace2.00 m
04
Upstairs
Four bedrooms off one landing, each with somewhere to sleep, study and hang clothes.
First floor · +3.10
Four bedrooms, one landing.
The master suite takes the south-west corner with its own hall, walk-in wardrobe and ensuite. Every bedroom on the south opens onto the 14-metre balcony.
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Sun and energy
Scroll from seven in the morning to nine at night. The shadows are computed for a midsummer day at 50° north.
Sun study · 21 June
Fourteen panels, one heat pump.
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AEnergy class · SCOP 4.6
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Materials
Four materials, chosen to age well and to be touched every day.
Specification
Close enough to touch.
Samples of every finish are on the table at the viewing.
Ground floor
White lime render
A breathable mineral render on 400 mm walls, with deep reveals that shade the windows.
Windows and doors
Bronze aluminium
Slim 55 mm frames, triple glazing, three 2.4 m lift-and-slide panels to the terrace.
Floors and stair
Oiled white oak
200 mm boards through every room, 40 mm solid treads on the stair; stone in the hall and bathrooms.
Viewings · Saturdays and Sundays
Come and walk it for real.
House 03, the same plan in a mirror image, is finished and furnished. Book an hour with the architect who drew it.