Devon
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Project • By IQ Glass UK • Private Houses
Toll Bar House
Set in the countryside of Devon, Toll Bar House has been creating using large sliding glass walls to maximise views and create a modern architectural design.
Barrett Photographers
The glass walled house in Devon overlooks the rural landscape of North Devon. Sitting low in the landscape, modern build has minimal impact on the surrounding farmland and buildings orientating its sliding glass walls to maximise the views whilst maintaining privacy.
Barrett Photographers
Structured around a central courtyard, the bespoke house features slim sliding glass doors from IQ Glass along all exterior courtyard and north facing elevations. The slim aluminium profiles of the sliding doors create almost frameless glass walls to the Devon h... More
Project • By McLean Quinlan • Private Houses
Devon Passivhaus
Jim Stephenson
Jim Stephenson
Planning for this project was won under Paragraph 79, the Country House Clause, with a design taking inspiration from the surroundings.
The overall design is simple and clean. An elegant brick front complements the brickwork of the of garden wall and a discrete front door opening references the gate in the garden wall.
Further down, an oriel window breaks through, hinting at what is behind. Elsewhere, external surfaces are dark render, designed to recede visually in deference to the surrounding garden.
Jim Stephenson
Jim Stephenson
Jim Stephenson
Tucked within, the house has a glass roofed courtyard at its center, a winter garden flooding light into th... More
Project • By McLean Quinlan • Private Houses
Devon Valley House
Nearly two decades on from its original completion, we have revisited and photographed Devon Valley House.
Tucked beneath a hill and hidden from view, this new build home sits in a picturesque Devon valley. The brief was to create a contemporary family home that would sit quietly among its surroundings, replacing the dilapidated farmhouse which once sat on the site. The new building closely followed the envelope of the original but the details and look are very different, giving a much more contemporary feel.
Inside, the house is open, light and understated with the ground floor almost entirely open plan. The living area is partitioned from the kitchen and dining area by an open-ended wall that contains the fireplace and c... More
Project • By McLean Quinlan • Private Houses
Devon Coast House
Will Scott
Will Scott
A stone gable end is the first glimpse you get of this holiday home, with an industrial chimney, dark against the grey stone. We were asked to include some elements of a New England beach house, and so green oak boarding was used together with the local stone. The building is simple in form - a neat pitched volume coupled with a generous entrance porch. This porch provides a formal entrance as well as direct access to a large mud room for drying wetsuits from surfing and muddy boots from walking the costal paths.
Will Scott
Will Scott
Will Scott
On entering, the hall opens up to a double height space with views of the garden. The main living space is open plan, with a separate... More