Frilsham Quarry: South House / Berkshire

Two dwellings of exceptional quality and innovative design in accordance with “Paragraph 84” of the National Planning Framework in Frilsham Quarry, a former lime quarry located within the North Wessex Downs.

The site layout carefully locates two isolated dwellings arranged to maximise privacy and minimise visual intrusion towards neighbours and towards one another. An open swale acts as the demise line between north and south house plots, obviating the need for intrusive fenced boundaries.

Each house takes the form of a green podium configured to act as a stop end to the expansive profile of the quarry face. Common characteristics will ensure a cohesive look and feel, whilst each dwelling has its own distinct identity.

EXISTING FORMER QUARRY

PROPOSED SITE PLAN

ABANDONED HOPPER

CONVEYOR STRUCTURE

QUARRY FACE

"STRATA" CONCEPT SKETCH

"STRATA" CONCEPT PRINCIPLES

South House "Strata"

“Strata” is the name given to the South House. It sits on lower ground and is tucked into the green wooded scrub which in the summer encloses the western edge of the quarry floor. The L shaped footprint returns towards the quarry face creating a more discrete and intimate garden.

The arrival experience ascending a gravel drive into the green buffer contrasts with the more open more solid feel of the north house and glimpse views through to the gardens are created with glazed apertures.
Here one of the three metallic volumes is visible and takes the form of an inverted lime hopper inspired by discarded artefacts on the site. This provides the ideal vaulted form for well ventilated living spaces, whilst creating a striking visual reference to the industrial quarrying heritage.

Frilsham Quarry South House Ground Floor Plan

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

Frilsham Quarry South House First Floor Plan

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

Frilsham Quarry South House Elevations North And South

PROPOSED NORTH & SOUTH ELEVATIONS

PROPOSED EAST & WEST ELEVATIONS

Frilsham Quarry South House North Elevation

RAMMED EARTH NORTH ELEVATION

DRIVEWAY APPROACH

House Entrance View

MAIN ENTRANCE

VISTA FROM NATURAL WATER POOL

Type

Paragraph 80

A+P Sector

Bepoke Residential

Location

Berkshire

Status

Planning – Permission Granted

FRILSHAM QUARRY: SOUTH HOUSE BERKSHIRE

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