Forty Acre Oast

We’re developing the design of an exceptional new paragraph 84 dwelling upon a plot adjacent to a converted oast & barn house. The new dwelling is located discreetly to the rear of the oast, behind a mature hedge and sat within a distinct well contained plot.

The existing linear access to the site sets up a strong sense of arrival to a satellite farmstead, which was felt important to retain and not dominate through the introduction of a new dwelling. In other words this is not a farmstead which should have a principle farmhouse so it is important that the building hierarchy is well understood & not adversely affected.

Accessing the new property initiates a sense of arriving at a subservient building to the oast, which is accentuated by the sense of arriving at a walled garden.

The plan is organised beneath a series of pitched roofs which sit behind or on top of these walls and clad with a diagonal metal tile colour palette which is informed by the variation in colour seen on the oast and varied slightly between each building element relating to different contextual influences.

The design is benefitting from engagement with Ashford Design Review Panel

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