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English Houses in 2024

English Residential Architecture – latest home additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

7 September 2024
Holmwood Farm, Wadhurst, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, East Sussex
Design: RX Architects

photo courtesy of architects office
Holmwood Farm Wadhurst house

16 August 2024
Seventies House, Winchester, Hampshire
Design: AR Design Studio

photo : Martin Gardner
Seventies House Winchester
The Seventies House is a thoughtful contemporary extension to a mid-century home in Winchester by the award-winning architects AR Design Studio.

9 July 2024
Maple Lodge, Meadowcroft Conservation Area, south of Leicester
Design: Levitate Architects

photo : Jim Stephenson
Maple Lodge, Southern England property
Proposal replaced the existing dwelling arranged over two stories with a large, detached garage to the west of the site keeping within the footprint of the previous building. The site has a significant level change from north to south with about 3 metres difference from the road level to the rear garden.

8 July 2024
Tilde House, Canonbury Conservation Area, North London
Design: Neil Dusheiko Architects

photo : Jim Stephenson
Tilde House, Southern England property
Tilde House is a remodelled and extended Grade II listed Victorian house in north London. Neil Dusheiko Architects has subtly blended historic and contemporary elements, achieving an architectural transformation while safeguarding the property’s essence and heritage.

7 July 2024
Camellia House , Wentworth Woodhouse, South Yorkshire, northern England
Restoration Architects: Donald Insall Associates

photo © Damian Griffiths
Camellia House, Wentworth Woodhouse, South Yorkshire
Conservation architects Donald Insall Associates are delighted to announce that the Camellia House, a Grade II*-listed glass house nestled within the gardens of Wentworth Woodhouse, has received an RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) regional award in the Refurbishment/Revitalisation category. This recognition highlights the exceptional efforts and collaboration involved in this £5 million conservation project.

15 May 2024
Georgian Townhouse, Fitzrovia, London
Architects: SPPARC
Georgian Townhouse Fitzrovia property, West London

13 May 2024
Hay’s Mews House, Mayfair, London
Architect: John Pawson CBE
Hays Mews House, Mayfair, London property

19 April 2024
The Arbour, Walthamstow, Northeast London
Design: Boehm Lynas Architects
Walthamstow carbon negative mews homes

15 April 2024
Tonal Terrace, Dalston, London
Architects: Bradley Van Der Straeten
Tonal Terrace, Dalston

11 April 2024
Hartdene Barns, border of West Kent and East Sussex, Southeast England
Architect: Nissen Richards Studio

Elevations / internal view renderings by Nissen Richards Studio ; other images by Hazeviz for Q New Homes
Hartdene Barns Kent, Southeast England, UK
This southern English property is a former dairy farm transformed into nine luxury eco dwellings, built to RIBA Climate Challenge standards. The collection of nine new homes is set within forty acres of land within an ANOB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) in the UK’s green belt, close to the villages of Hartfield and Cowden on the border of West Kent and East Sussex.

26 March 2024
Surrey House, Surrey
Design: Adam Knibb Architects

photo : Richard Chivers
Surrey House, South Downs, Southern England

23 March 2024
Hurst Avenue, Crouch End, North London
Design: Mulroy Architects
Hurst Avenue House, Crouch End

12 March 2024
Woodlands House, Canterbury, East Kent
Architect: RX Architects

photo courtesy of architects office
Woodlands House Canterbury

6 March 2024
Purbeck House, Furzebrook, Dorset, southwest England
Design: Gruff Architects

photograph © French + Tye
Purbeck House, Dorset

24 February 2024
An Uneven Split, St Albans, Hertfordshire, southern England, UK
Design: Scenario Architecture

photo : Matt Clayton Photography
An Uneven Split St Albans house

1 February 2024
Tree View House, London
Architecture: Neil Dusheiko Architects
Tree View House

18 January 2024
Pear Tree House, London
Architects: Edgley Design
Pear Tree House

18 January 2024
Ferry House, Salisbury, Wiltshire, southwest England
Design: AR Design Studio

photograph © Martin Gardner
Ferry House Salisbury
Ferry House is a private bespoke replacement dwelling located near the historic city of Salisbury, completed in 2023 by award-winning Winchester-based Architects AR Design Studio. The site is surrounded by mature trees to the south and east, and a large area of woodland to the North.

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English Houses in 2023

11 Dec 2023
Jurassic House, Dorset, southwest England
Design: AR Design Studio

photograph © Martin Gardner
Jurassic House

21 November 2023
Waldens Farm Property, Wiltshire
Design: Adam Knibb Architects

photo : Richard Chivers
Waldens Farm in southwest England

22 Aug 2023
Modern Barn, Dorset, southwest England
Design: Coffey Architects

photo © Phil Coffey
Modern Barn, Dorset, southwest England

3 July 2023
Plot 3 Home, Chippenham, Wiltshire
Design: Artel31

photo : Charles Emerson
Plot 3 House, Chippenham, Wiltshire

1 November 2023
Brockenhurst House, Hampshire, South of England
Design: Studio BAD
Brockenhurst House, Hampshire

24 October 2023
Strawberry Hill, Hampshire, South of England, UK
Design: OB Architecture

image : OB Architecture
Strawberry Hill, Hampshire

25 September 2023
Hurst House, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
Architects: Strom Architects

photograph : Andy Matthews
Hurst House Buckinghamshire
The clients’ brief was to build a very sustainable and contemporary family home that would have the flexibility to successfully cope with changing family conditions as their children grow up.

La Terre House, Surrey

9 August 2023
Marylebone Mews House, London
Design: Patalab Architects

photo : Julian Abrams
Marylebone Mews House

18 July 2023
Totteridge III House, London
Design: Gregory Phillips Architects

photo : Andrew Beasley
Totteridge III House, North London

18 June 2023
Orchard House, London
Design: Strom Architects

photo : Richard Chivers
Orchard House

27 Apr 2023
Spa House, Winchester, Hampshire, Southern England
Design: OB Architecture, Architects

photo courtesy of architects office
Spa House Winchester
International architecture studio, OB Architecture, has unveiled their recently completed country house project, Spa House. The project saw the award-winning team create a holistic pool and garden pavilion in the grounds of a family home in Winchester, seamlessly connecting the new, modernist glazed structure to the existing (Victorian) period property through clever landscaping and exterior design.

10 Mar 2023
Holly Walk House, Hampstead, London
Design: Square Feet Architects

photo : Daniel Leon
Holly Walk House, Hampstead

9 Mar 2023
Thornhill House, Islington, London
Design: Bradley Van Der Straeten

photo : French + Tye
Thornhill House, Islington

26 Jan 2023
Bloomsbury Mansion Apartment, London
Design: LLI Design

image courtesy of Barnet Council / architects practice
Bloomsbury Mansion Apartment

23 Jan 2023
Waterside House

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English Houses – New Designs in 2022

8 Dec 2022
RIBA House of the Year 2022 Winner News

photo © Channel 4 and Will Pryce
RIBA House of the Year 2022
The Red House by David Kohn Architects has won the prestigious annual award given by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to the UK’s best new architect-designed house.

15 Aug 2022
The Cottage, Wiltshire, Southwest England
Design: Artel31

photo : Pete Helme
The Cottage in Wiltshire

28 Jun 2022
Catch Beach Beach House, Seasalter, Kent
Architects: Stiff + Trevillion

photo : Lukasz Bernacki
Catch Beach House, Seasalter
Situated outside Whitstable on the North Kent coastline, the Catch house takes its cues from the traditional fisherman’s huts and boat sheds whilst making references to the indigenous materials and textures which inhabit this stretch of coastline.

3 June 2022
Stone Cottage, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Design: Haysom Ward Miller Architects

photo : Richard Fraser
Stone Cottage Bury St Edmunds

1 June 2022
Aldeburgh House, Suffolk
Design: David Walker Architects

photo : Tim Soar
Aldeburgh House

19 Jan 2022
Claywood House, Hampshire, South of England
Architects: Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt

photo : Andy Matthews
Claywood House in Hampshire
The new building is located within the orchard of the client’s previous home – a multi levelled building unsuitable for conversion (but retained and sold). The house is designed as a counterpoint to the original and with an architecture of contrast reflecting a ‘fresh start’ for the client and her family.

11 Jan 2022
Kai Tak, Polzeath, Cornwall, south west England
Design: Cassell Tarring

photo : Daniel Fisher
Kai Tak House
Kai Tak is a contemporary holiday home located in Polzeath, Cornwall. The development appears to perch over the edge of its stone plinth to maximise its unique dual aspect of countryside and coastal views.

11 Jan 2022
Wood Farm, Suffolk
Architects: Studio RHE

photo : Dirk Lindner
Wood Farm in Suffolk
An unusual combination of existing farm buildings and Modernist style enclosures, Wood Farm in Suffolk is situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that stretches as far as the eye can see. The brief was to create a rigorously contemporary house that is also both sustainable and sympathetic to it’s surroundings.