1960’s House

‘This notable 1960’s home was designed by one of the most important figures in British modernism, architect Trevor Dannatt OBE. Conceived as a series of interconnecting pavilions surrounded by green spaces, the house has views into the garden from every room with dappled light penetrating deep into the interior spaces. We worked very closely with post war specialist architects Coppin Dockray to restore the unity and integrity of the site with sustainability high on the agenda (many of the existing materials and structures were re-used) to make a house and garden fit for 21st century family life.

The garden is essentially 4 spaces extending around the house which form a series of ‘pictures’ viewed from the interior. The first, seen on entering the house is a central courtyard type space planted with layers of contrasting foliage species that are an unusual mix of exotic and native woodlanders, an ‘exotic woodland’.

The 2nd is a communal outdoor cooking and eating area with a small pond and glorious colourful herbaceous bank linked to the mini meadow behind.

The 3rd and largest part of the garden was given a light touch and left predominantly for children’s play. We kept most of the existing trees and structures and added layers of woodland planting, a mini meadow, a tree ’shack’ and some raised beds for small scale food growing.

The last garden is a small private front garden, only seen and entered from the bedrooms and sits under the shade of an enormous Oak tree. This was designed to be a quiet intimate space with a gentle woodland feel.