The west side at sunset, from the meadow below and to the south-west, with the sun setting over a wide valley on the left. A long two-storey house under a single steep black standing seam roof with one chimney, the upper floor timber-clad between long runs of glass, lit warm from inside. On the ground floor a limestone terrace runs along the glass with a dining table and grill under a black steel pergola at the left end and a round fire pit burning in the middle. A panel of vertical timber slats stands in front of part of the ground floor glass. The right-hand end is coursed pale limestone on both floors, with a glass balcony across the upper floor and a tall lit window in the stone below it. Long grass in the foreground. Off brief: the den at the left end should be one vaulted room with no floor above, but the render runs the upper floor and its glass right through it. The cinema should have no windows on the west side, with the limestone running solid along its 10 m length, but the render puts a tall lit window into the stone base. The stone also climbs the upper floor round the bedroom, where the drawings have only the end wall and the cinema base in limestone. A bed shows through the glass mid-way along the upper floor, where the drawings have the upstairs lounge and covered terrace. The balcony runs across the bedroom front rather than sitting small at its south-west corner. The fire pit is mid-terrace rather than at the kitchen end by the outdoor kitchen.

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House, first floor

421 m²: the main suite over the cinema at the stone end, an upstairs lounge facing the sunset, and two guest suites in the wing with their own stair.

The card

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House, first floor

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The notes

rendered

The first floor is 421 m² inside: 321 m² in the main body and 100 m² in the guest wing.

your suite at the stone end

The main bedroom sits over the cinema at the south end, facing west across the view. The bathroom sits against the limestone end wall and opens straight off the bedroom.

The dressing room doubles as the safe room. It is a dead end with one hardened door behind normal joinery, steel-lined walls, and its own air supply and phone line. It sits over the solid wine room walls, so they carry it down.

A small steel and glass balcony off the south-west corner of the bedroom lines up with one gap in the trees, so at night you can step out and see the shack glowing about 230 m away.

the rest of the floor

An upstairs gallery on the drive side runs from the landing to your suite, past a gym. The upstairs lounge faces the sunset, with the chimney breast as its wall and the covered terrace beside it. A study and bedroom 2 sit at the gate end. A platform lift beside the main stair links both floors.

guests kept apart

The two guest suites above the wing have their own stair from the utility room. Their landing sits at the north end of the wing, with a lockable door into a short link along the drive side to your landing. Kept shut, the guests have their own house. Open, it is one upstairs.

roofs

One long steep roof in standing seam zinc runs the full length of the main house, from the den to the limestone south gable. The den has a vaulted ceiling with exposed steel and timber and no room above.

rooms

Space	Area	Note
Main suite: bed, dressing and safe room, bath	110 m²	Over the cinema, at the stone end
Bedroom 2 + ensuite	36 m²
Upstairs lounge	55 m²	Faces the sunset, plus a 42 m² covered terrace
Study	26 m²
Gym	33 m²
Guest suites A and B	78 m²	Own stair, lockable link to the main landing
First floor	421 m²	Main 321, guest wing 100

The rest of the floor area is the landings, the galleries, the link and the linen store.

The drawings

1 sheet

House first floor plan, sheet A-102 rev AB, scale bar in metres, with the long view west at the top. At the left, against the limestone end wall, the main bedroom of 85 m², with the bed, rooflights high in the vault and a small balcony at its south-west corner pointing to the shack glow. Behind it are the main bathroom with bath, basins, shower and WC, the dressing and safe room of 18 m² behind a hardened door, and the suite lobby. Along the west side are the covered terrace, 42 m², the chimney breast, the upstairs lounge, 55 m², bedroom 2, 26 m², and the study, 26 m². Along the drive side are the gym, 33 m², the upstairs gallery, the lift, the landing and stair, 29 m², an ensuite and linen store. The den below has a vaulted ceiling and no floor over it. In the wing, a lockable door from the link opens to the guest landing, 22 m², with guest suite A, 46 m², and guest suite B, 32 m², each with bed and shower. — 01 · House first floor plan