Midsummer Wood
A beautiful heavily wooded sloping site in the depths of the New Forest with one large Eucalyptus removed to form a clearing. The curved plan wraps tight to the trees, sheltering against a thick stone wall with all of the living spaces opening southwards to a sunny verandah.
Midsummer Wood
A track threads through the wood to the top of the site where the stone wall peels away to find the evening sun and make a deep welcoming entrance porch.
Midsummer Wood
A narrow passage tunnels through the massive round stone chimney to find the kitchen leading out to the protected breakfast terrace with early morning sun streaming across the valley.
Midsummer Wood
As the ground falls away, the verandah becomes a balcony, then, at the east end of the curve by the owners' bedroom the decking arcs around into the branches of an old oak tree. Built by the client and finished on Midsummer Day.
Midsummer Wood
Midsummer Wood
Midsummer Wood
Midsummer Wood
A beautiful heavily wooded sloping site in the depths of the New Forest with one large Eucalyptus removed to form a clearing. The curved plan wraps tight to the trees, sheltering against a thick stone wall with all of the living spaces opening southwards to a sunny verandah. A track threads through the wood to the top of the site where the stone wall peels away to find the evening sun and make a deep welcoming entrance porch. A narrow passage tunnels through the massive round stone chimney to find the kitchen leading out to the protected breakfast terrace with early morning sun streaming across the valley. As the ground falls away, the verandah becomes a balcony, then, at the east end of the curve by the owners' bedroom the decking arcs around into the branches of an old oak tree. Built by the client and finished on Midsummer Day.