Whithurst Park Cottage

James Gorst Architects, Billingshurst , 2001

 

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View of lodge and garage across paddock 

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  • View of lodge and garage across paddock    
  • View of main house and detached garages    
  • South elevation    
  • The lodge illuminated at night    
  • View from the living space to the dining area    
  • Glass wall of first floor bedroom    
  • Internal view from first floor    
  • Internal view of central staircase    
  • Internal view of dining room looking out onto paddock    
  • Open plan dining and kitchen area    
  • Detail of concrete & timber structure    
  • Site plan    
  • Ground floor plan    
  • First floor plan    
  • Section A-A    
  • Section B-B    
  • Detail section through rooflight, pitched roof and wall    
  • Isometric of roof, gutter and wall    

A timber clad gatehouse consisting of open plan living and kitchen area, bedrooms, bathrooms and double garage

The new gatehouse and double garage are built at the entrance to a 100 acre park and woodland estate in West Sussex. Clad in local untreated oak boarding the building echoes the qualities of traditional agricultural buildings.

The main house is characterised by a deep, long, vertical rooflight that splits the triangle in two and runs along the length of the building. Its purpose is to illuminate the central, triple-height volume of stair, landing and gallery. Light from this cleft diffuses through translucent screens into the two guest bedrooms which lie off the central space. A mini-staircase from the rear and most easterly of these bedrooms, with tiny alternate treads, leads to extra attic space above.

The building uses exposed fair-faced concrete for the primary structure with oak windows set into the frame at ground floor level and timber cladding covering the first floor. The sharply pitched roof is clad in zinc finishing the narrow tonal range of materials.

Data

  • Begun: Jul 2000
  • Completed: Jun 2001
  • Floor area: 363m2
  • Sector: House
  • Total cost: £485,905
  • Tender date: Apr 2000
  • Procurement: JCT 98 Intermediate
  • Address: Plaistow Road , Kirdford , Billingshurst , RH14 0JX, United Kingdom

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