Designed by Terry Farrell & Partners and originally commissioned by a subsidiary company in the Berkeley Homes Group, this award-winning courtyard house is one of three in a secluded development. This five-bedroom house has 5,500 sq ft of floor space with double-height spaces, crisp white rendered walls and plate glass throughout allowing the maximum amount of light to penetrate the house without sacrificing privacy. Floor–to-ceiling sliding walls enable the open-plan ground floor to be sub divided into separate areas if required. Exterior sliding glass walls allow the garden to merge visually and physically.
What is normally an entrance hall or corridor is a double height space open to a fully glazed roof, with all the ground floor rooms opening off it to one side. The master stroke is the drawing room, which is a double height pavilion linked to-but separate from- the rest of the house, with glass walls on two sides, most of which open to integrate the house and the garden seamlessly. A second staircase at the far end of the house leads to the guest suite of double bedroom and ensuite fitted dressing room and bathroom, with sliding solid walls which allow the suite to be shut off completely from the rest of the house. All five bedrooms have sliding glass walls that open with a toughened glass balustrade to ensure safety. Photography: Richard Bryant/arcaid.co.uk (020 8546 4352)
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