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English Houses 2021
20 Dec 2021
Riverside House, Southern England, UK
Design: AR Design Studio, Architects
rendering : Strive CGI
Riverside House by River Thames
AR Design Studio has received planning approval for ‘Riverside House’. The award-winning, Winchester based team have designed this bespoke five-bedroom replacement dwelling on the site of a Victorian walled garden adjacent to the Thames.
8 Dec 2021
Windward House, Gloucestershire, Southwest England – RIBA House of the Year 2021 winner
Design: Alison Brooks Architects
Windward House, Gloucestershire by Alison Brooks
RIBA House of the Year 2021 Winner
1 Nov 2021
Glade House, Southern England
Design: AR Design Studio, Architects
visual : Nu.Ma
Glade House England
The layout of the proposal has been conceived to follow the natural axes of the site. The ground floor comprises of four brick walls that align with these axes and reach out into the plot, giving a distinction between the public and private.
15 Jan 2021
Meadow House, Essex Property
14 Jan 2021
Stone House in Cornwall
More contemporary English Houses online here soon
New Homes in England 2020
28 Aug 2020
Stanyard’s Cottage, Surrey, southeast England
Design: Alter & Company
photograph : Jim Stephenson
Stanyard’s Cottage in Surrey
This English property is a quaint ‘sticks and stones’ cottage which forms the heart of this family home is situated in a grade two listed site and is set within a concealed location, surrounded by scrub and woodlands.
25 Aug 2020
Island Rest, Isle of Wight
Design: Strom Architects
photos by Nick Hufton, Al Crow
Island Rest Isle of Wight Residence
‘Island Rest’ is a response to the client’s brief for a contemporary family holiday home. Situated on a beautiful Isle of Wight creek, ‘Island Rest’ sits on a spacious site with direct access to the water and views of the Solent beyond.
26 Aug 2020
Lake Cabin in Brabourne, Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Beauty, Southeast England
Design: RX Architects
photo : Ashley Gendek
Lake Cabin in Kent Downs
The site is in Brabourne within the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Beauty (AONB) adjacent to a lake. The designs are for a cabin positioned on the lakes’ edge with a cantilevered deck over the water.
13 Aug 2020
Windward House in Gloucestershire, Southwest England
Design: Alison Brooks Architects
photo © Paul Riddle
Windward House, Gloucestershire
A monumental house and living art gallery high above the Wye Valley. The result of a ten-year collaboration, this new house and landscape project celebrates domestic living amongst an extraordinary collection of Indian and African Tribal Art.
5 July 2020
Kite House, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Southern England
Design: AR Design Studio, Architects
picture courtesy of architects office
House on River Avon
Plans have been approved for this bespoke contemporary four-bed family home.
12 June 2020
Backwater House, Norfolk, Southeast England
Design: Platform 5 Architects
photograph © Alan Williams
Backwater House on the Norfolk Broads
This English property sits on a small promontory in a secluded lagoon in the Norfolk Broads and offers a contemporary counterpoint to more traditionally designed neighbouring houses, while respecting the peaceful natural setting.
12 June 2020
Underhill House, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, western England
Design: Seymour-Smith Architects
image from architects practice
Underhill House, New Cotswolds Property
Located in the heart of the English Cotswolds, Hill Barn was a derelict 300-year old barn situated in a prominent and beautiful location on a hillside in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
2 Jun 2020
Cotswolds Property, southern England
Architects: Found Associates
photography : Nick Hufton, Al Crow
Cotswolds House in Southwest England
Found Associates, as residential architect, designed the Cotswolds property, a contextual country house consisting of a restored and updated gamekeeper’s cottage and an innovative series of fresh, inter-connected pavilions tucked into the landscape immediately behind it.
13 Mar 2020
The Barns, Southern England
Design: AR Design Studio, Architects
render : The Faction
The Barns Family Home
Plans approved for this transformation into an elegant and contemporary five bedroom family home.
13 Mar 2020
Long Brick House, Seer Green, Chiltern district, Buckinghamshire, southern England
Architects: Bradley Van Der Straeten
photo courtesy of architects office
Long Brick House in the Chilterns
Beautiful long grey bricks clad the double-story extension to this property near the Chilterns in Seer Green. The extension forms a new volume externally while merging old and new spaces internally.
26 Feb 2020
Druim House, Winchelsea Beach, Rye Nature Reserve, East Sussex, Southern England
Design: RX Architects
photography : Richard Chivers
House on Winchelsea Beach, East Sussex
The site for this new property sits within Rye Nature Reserve designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is surrounded by a shingle landscape. The project involves the reconfiguration and remodelling of an existing unfinished detached house.
21 Feb 2020
Charlesworth Passivhaus, Derbyshire, central England
Design: Studio Tashkeel Architects
image courtesy of architects office
Charlesworth Passivhaus Plus, Derbyshire Home
This new English property is described as being the “most environmentally focussed new build ‘Passivhaus’ the region has ever seen”, taking the concept of energy retention to a whole new level, rarely seen in the UK.
More modern English Houses online at e-architect soon
New Homes in England 2018 – 2019
19 Jun 2019
Five Acre Barn B&B, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Design: Blee Halligan Architects
New Aldeburgh Property
18 May 2018 + 25 Jul 2017
Black House in Kent, Southeast England
Architect: AR Design Studio
image courtesy of architects
Black House in Kent
Black House is a contemporary property drawing its influences from both the historic and modern buildings of Kent. A retired engineer and Conran interior designer chose to move from a 15th century Tudor house and build a contemporary dream home in their garden.
9 May 2018
Heather Cottage, Berkshire, Southeast England
Design: Spratley & Partners
photograph © Peter Cook
Cottage Property in Berkshire
Positioned on a floodplain this cottage has piled foundations and is raised up on concrete stilts 1.85m above the ground, supported by a steel frame.
6 Apr 2018
Turn End Houses, Buckinghamshire, Southeast England
photo : Richard Bryant _ Arcaid
Turn End Houses
Combined House and Garden Open Weekend with an outdoor Sculpture Exhibition.
14 Feb 2018
Chalfont House, East Sussex, Southern England
Design: RX Architects
photograph : Ashley Gendek
Chalfont House
The property is directly adjacent to Rye Nature Reserve, one of the most important conservation sites in Britain. The site is formed of undulating shingle deposits formed as the sea receded over centuries.
7 Feb 2018
The Elements House, Hampshire, Southern England
Architects: AR Design Studio
photo © Martin Gardner
New Residence in Southern England
Located close to the River Hamble, this remarkable new-build family home provides substantial entertainment space, designed by local architects AR Design Studio.
More contemporary English Houses online soon on e-architect.
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English Houses Archive – 2017
18 Sep 2017
Castle Cove Houses, Portland Harbour, Dorset, Southern England
Architects: AR Design Studio
image Courtesy architecture office
Castle Cove Houses on Portland Harbour
Planning approval for new homes on the Jurrasic Coast, an area famous for its sailing and watersports. Three properties sit above a public beach, overlooking the harbour.
4 Sep 2017
The Farmer’s House, South Downs National Park, southern England
Architects: AR Design
photo : Martin Gardner
New House in South Downs National Park
UK base for clients who return to the English countryside from their travels to tend to their farmstead. Set on a private estate in the most western part of the South Downs National Park, the house’s rural location is its raison d’etre.
16 Aug 2017
Hampshire Passivhaus, Self-Build Home Using CLT Panels
Design: Ruth Butler Architects
image courtesy of architects
Hampshire Passivhaus
Hampshire Passivhaus is a self-build home on the south coast. It is an L-shaped detached dwelling, creating private courtyard spaces, on a tight brownfield site with multiple neighbours.
11 Aug 2017
New House in Dartmouth, Devon
New House in Dartmouth, Devon
7 Jul 2017
The Crow’s Nest Residence in Dorset
21 May 2017
Marsh Hill, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Eastern England – A RIBA East Awards Winner in 2017
Design: Mole Architects
photo © David Butler
Marsh Hill, Aldeburgh
A contemporary house making a bold architectural statement on a sensitive site overlooking the River Alde estuary. The house is linear in form with a sweeping zinc roof that twists and rises from east to west.
12 May 2017
Pivot House, Reymerston, Norfolk, Eastern England
Design: Studio Bark, Architects
image courtesy of architects
Paragraph 55 Home in England
Full planning approval for an innovative, off-grid Paragraph 55 home in Norfolk. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) Paragraph 55 allows individual countryside homes to be built, provided that they reflect the highest standards of architecture, sustainability and innovation.
2 Feb 2017
OutHouse in Gloucestershire
17 Jan 2017
Ancient Party Barn, Kent
2 Jan 2017 + 25 Apr 2016 _ 15 May 2015
A House for Essex, Wrabness
Design: FAT Architecture and Grayson Perry
photograph : Jack Hobhouse
A House for Essex
Living Architecture’s latest project is a daring and provocative collaboration between FAT Architecture and Grayson Perry was nominated for the Stirling Prize 2015 and shortlisted for the Mies van der Rohe 2017 Award. The house – situated close to the Essex coast – is an extraordinary work of architecture and art, which provides a setting for a number of specially-commissioned works by Grayson Perry exploring the unique qualities of Essex.
More new English Houses welcome for submission on e-architect.
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English Houses Archive – 2016
27 Dec 2016
Meadowcroft in Hampshire
19 Dec 2016
The Hidden House, Surrey Hills AONB
14 Dec 2016
Zinc House in Lymington
6 Dec 2016
The Hill House in Winchester
25 Nov 2016
Ansty Plum in Wiltshire
20 Oct 2016
Yachtsman’s House on the Isle of Wight
19 Oct 2016
Sea Glass House on the Isle of Wight
24 Sep 2016
Contemporary Farmhouse in Great Bealings, near Woodbridge, Suffolk
Design: Plan Bureau, architects
images : Anna Marinenko, 3d renderer
Two traditional farm buildings are planned to be turned into residential premises.
21 Sep 2016
Modern Mansion near London, southern England
Design: Maciej Grelewicz Architects
image from architect
Modern Mansion near London
First Prize in an international ‘Design a Beautiful House’ competition for luxurious home near London.
21 Sep 2016
Balancing Barn, Thorington, Suffolk
Design: MVRDV
photo : Living Architecture
Balancing Barn Suffolk
Daringly inventive house showign off a massive cantilever, the celebrated Dutch architecture studio certainly went for drama on this residential project!
20 Sep 2016
Woodpeckers, New Forest, Hampshire, southern England
Design: Strom Architects
photo : Luke Hayes
Contemporary Property in the New Forest
Two-storey replacement for a 1930s bungalow property.
20 Sep 2016
Warborne Farm in The New Forest National Park
20 Sep 2016
Country House, Easton, Suffolk
Design: Jerry Tate Architects
image from Jerry Tate Architects
Country House in Suffolk
4 Aug 2016
The Chapel on the Hill in Forest-in-Teesdale
21 Jul 2016
Fir House in Bransgore, New Forest
22 Jun 2016
Black Barn, off-grid Paragraph 55 country home in Suffolk
Design: Studio Bark
image from architect
Black Barn in Suffolk
24 Mar 2016
Paragraph 55 House, Ravenstone
26 Jan 2016
Broad Street House, Suffolk, Eastern England
Design: Nash Baker Architects
photograph : Nick Guttridge
Broad Street House
More English Houses are welcome for consideration to feature on e-architect
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29 Mar 2015
Living Architecture Houses
Living Architecture Houses
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English Homes news archive for 2003 to 2013
New Housing in England
English Housing – large-scale residential property developments
Location: England, UK
Additions / photos for the contemporary English residential property news archive page welcome.