This former Victorian girl's school, of cob construction, had been converted in the 1950s as a single storey home. Dropping the floor level and removing the false ceilings allowed us to create a family home with a dramatic double height space and additional rooms at first floor level.

The principal living space is almost church-like in scale and arrangement, so befitting a pure and restrained selection of materials. Birch plywood, concrete, wood, wool and brass are used throughout and recycled wood/concrete blocks create a structural spine wall which forms the stairwell to the bedrooms above and provides a backdrop to the more intimat living area.