Stone’s Throw
Nick Guttridge
Product Spec Sheet

ElementBrandProduct Name
WindowsVelfac
WallsSchiedel
ICID
Flat roof membraneBauder Ltd.
Woodblock FlooringHorning Floor
Sliding DoorsIDSystems
Cedar CladdingRusswood

Product Spec Sheet
Walls
ICID by Schiedel
Flat roof membrane
Woodblock Flooring
Sliding Doors
Cedar Cladding

Stone’s Throw

Mole Architects as Architects

Stone’s Throw is an upgrade and extension to a single storey holiday house in Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast, a stone’s throw from the sea. The existing house was poorly arranged, with living space tucked into one end and the sunny end of the site dominated by a double garage. The new house now looks back to the sea from a new space towards the sea, from a dramatic room filled with light and views. The high ceiling is broken part way by a triangular rooflight and an angled column that separates the main dining and kitchen from the elevated living space beyond. Central to the space is a block of marble, its colour and pattern reminiscent of a Maggie Hambling painting of the sea, which sits on a floor of end grain woodblock. The old bungalow has been upgraded and transformed into a new light-filled house: a grand house on a modest scale.

photo_credit Nick Guttridge
Nick Guttridge
photo_credit Nick Guttridge
Nick Guttridge

Client Brief:

The clients had owned the 1960’s bungalow as a second home for many years, and had explored the idea of a new house. However, much about the bungalow was fine, and their needs not appreciably different in terms of accommodation. The decision to retain the bungalow and extend was accepted with a plan to re-arrange the house to make better use of the plot. The brief was to increase the living space of the house, to create an en-suite bathroom.

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Nick Guttridge
photo_credit Nick Guttridge
Nick Guttridge

Concept/Solution:

The kitchen and living room were at the southern end of the plot, missing out on sunlight and views of the garden due to the proximity to trees on the southern boundary, whilst the large (rarely used) garage was at the north end of the plot. The new extension replacing the garage projects into the garden, allowing the new living room to have a south-facing view to trees beyond the garden. A large east window faces the sea, with views to the sky. The extension deliberately elevates the scale of the house, creating a space that is modest but grand. A change in level creates a more intimate living area, and a triangular fireplace and rooflight allows south light into the middle of the plan. The over-cladding of the existing house unifies the new extension to the existing house.

photo_credit Nick Guttridge
Nick Guttridge
photo_credit Nick Guttridge
Nick Guttridge

Sustainability:

The existing house was upgraded with new double glazed windows and doors and new loft insulation. The new extension was constructed from timber frame. U-values for the extension exceeded Building regulation requirements by 30%

photo_credit Nick Guttridge
Nick Guttridge
photo_credit Nick Guttridge
Nick Guttridge

Team:

Architects: Mole Architects

Design Team: Meredith Bowles, Susie Newman, Hugh Craft

Project Architect/s: Susie Newman

Building Contractor: Sandlings

Engineers: JP Chick & Partners

M&E consultant: ALH

Quantity Surveyor: Gill Associates

Photographer: Nick Guttridge

photo_credit Nick Guttridge
Nick Guttridge
photo_credit Nick Guttridge
Nick Guttridge

Materials Used:

Lignacite: Blockwork

Schiedel: Flue Liner, Twin Wall

Russwood: Cedar Cladding

Sioox: Timber treatment

Bauder: Flat roof membrane Thermofil

Velfac: Windows Velfac 200

Vitral: Rooflight

ID Systems: Sliding Doors Grand Slider

Horning Oak End Grain: Woodblock Flooring

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