Substantial country home sitting at the foot of the South Downs, where traditional gardens embrace their surroundings. A combination of sawn and riven York stone, with crushed and self-binding aggregates, provide harmonious textures, bringing differing identities to areas of the garden. Cropped face, coursed local stone is used to form a wind-break wall, providing large lawns, seating area, dining and play space protection from the elements. Formality around the house bleeds away into the natural surroundings. Straight lines become contoured, sawn stone becomes rocks and boulders and clipped structural plants become wild, wind-tolerant natives. The grounds are full of features, including a spectacular stone-clad office, cut into the hill side.
