Cumnor Hill
Two new houses that stretch the idea of the modern barn literally and figuratively.
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The long narrow plots called for linear houses, so they are treated as pure barn-like volumes outside with spectacular barn-like double-height living spaces inside.
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The external skin is a smooth envelope with huge cut-outs for the garden openings and tile skin which wraps down over the eaves and over the wall below.
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All credit to the developer who realised that the houses needed to be special in form and finish and took the time and care to build them beautifully.
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