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Coastal House

Coastal House

The house is part of a working farmstead with over 300 acres overlooking the English Channel.

We designed the building services for the refurbishment and reconfiguration of the farmhouse to create a comfortable and modern family home.

Ritchie+Daffin
Ritchie+Daffin

By stripping the house back to its basic stone structure and then cladding it externally, the proportions and character of the house are retained while the energy performance is vastly improved. We advised on the thermal performance of the new facade, roof and windows to achieve energy costs equivalent to a new-build.

Ritchie+Daffin

The house’s stone walls are exposed and lime-washed internally while 200mm of wood fibre insulation applied externally to achieve a wall U-value of 0.15W/m2K

Ritchie+Daffin
Ritchie+Daffin

A lot of effort went into tailoring the custom-designed bronze switches that command a Lutron dimming system, ventilation and towel rails throughout the home.

Ritchie+Daffin
Ritchie+Daffin

RIBA National Award 2018
RIBA South West Award 2018
RIBA Conservation Award 2018

Shortlisted RIBA House of the Year 2018