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The kitchen, dining and living space at sunset, looking down its length from the kitchen end. On the left, a long island of smoked oak with a thick pale limestone top, a black range with brass knobs against a warm grey lime plaster wall, and tall dark oak units further down. Large pale limestone flags run across the floor and straight out through the open glass onto the terrace. Overhead, black steel beams carry close-spaced oak joists and boards. At the far end, a dining table with leather chairs under one large pendant, and a fire burning in a wide, low opening in a plastered chimney breast, with a sofa beyond. On the right, a row of slim black steel posts at the glass line, a deep timber roof overhang, and the sun setting over the valley. Off brief: the fire should be a freestanding 3 m block of honed limestone, open on both sides, with about 1.75 m to walk past on each side; here it reads as a fireplace in a plastered wall across the room. The drawings have steel goalpost frames so that there are no posts in the way, and the render has a row of posts along the glass. There is a deep roof overhang over the terrace and no sliding thermo-ash screens, where the drawings have the terrace open to the sky with screens on tracks along the glass. The living area's smoked oak boards and cognac leather sofa facing the view are not in shot.

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Kitchen, dining, living

One 23 m room behind the west glass: limestone flags and smoked oak, black steel beams, warm grey lime plaster, and a freestanding limestone fire between dining and living.

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Kitchen, dining, living

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The notes

rendered

Kitchen, dining and living run along the west glass in one 23 m space. Kitchen 59 m², dining and fireplace 49 m², living and snug 62 m².

finishes

  • Floors. Large honed limestone flags under the kitchen and dining, the same stone as the terrace outside. Wide smoked oak boards in the living area. The change happens at the fire.
  • Ceiling. Exposed black steel beams at 2.6 m centres, matching the glass mullions, with oak joists and boards between. The structure you see outside carries on inside.
  • Walls. Deep warm grey lime plaster, soft and chalky, so it catches low light.

fire

A freestanding 3 m block of honed limestone with a wide, low opening on both sides. It is the one stone object inside, with about 1.75 m to walk past on each side.

kitchen

Smoked oak cabinets, a thick honed limestone island top and a black steel range, with tall units at the dining end and the pantry door behind.

living and light

A big, deep, low sofa in cognac leather facing the view, a heavy oak coffee table and a wool rug. At night the light is low and warm: lamps, one pendant over the dining table, light washing the plaster, and firelight. There are few ceiling lights, so the glass stays clear of reflections.

The plates

1 · lift any one out
The kitchen, dining and living space at sunset, looking down its length from the kitchen end. On the left, a long island of smoked oak with a thick pale limestone top, a black range with brass knobs against a warm grey lime plaster wall, and tall dark oak units further down. Large pale limestone flags run across the floor and straight out through the open glass onto the terrace. Overhead, black steel beams carry close-spaced oak joists and boards. At the far end, a dining table with leather chairs under one large pendant, and a fire burning in a wide, low opening in a plastered chimney breast, with a sofa beyond. On the right, a row of slim black steel posts at the glass line, a deep timber roof overhang, and the sun setting over the valley. Off brief: the fire should be a freestanding 3 m block of honed limestone, open on both sides, with about 1.75 m to walk past on each side; here it reads as a fireplace in a plastered wall across the room. The drawings have steel goalpost frames so that there are no posts in the way, and the render has a row of posts along the glass. There is a deep roof overhang over the terrace and no sliding thermo-ash screens, where the drawings have the terrace open to the sky with screens on tracks along the glass. The living area's smoked oak boards and cognac leather sofa facing the view are not in shot.
01 · The kitchen