Jonathan Bell has written for Wallpaper* magazine since 1999, covering everything from architecture and transport design to books, tech and graphic design. He is now the magazine’s Transport and Technology Editor. Jonathan has written and edited 15 books, including Concept Car Design, 21st Century House, and The New Modern House.
This South Downs house, occupying a glorious position that overlooks the rolling hills of the National Park in South England, was designed by Sandy Rendel Architects and is a testament to the value of careful, quiet refinement. Set on a gently sloping plot in West Sussex, the residence presents an almost neoclassical face to the world.
But, despite the new design being substantially smaller than the existing planning permission, the planners rejected it, and it wasn’t until a design review panel gave it the thumbs up that the planners acquiesced. ‘There’s a history of country houses with their own parkland around here,’ says Rendel. ‘The heavy clay soil isn’t quite so fertile in this area, so traditionally it was more about recreation, not agriculture.
Together with project architect Sophie Roycroft, Rendel led a huge amount of research and development that went into every facet of the project. As a result, design details are ingenious, forms are precise, and the very best solution has been carefully and meticulously arrived at. For example, the single wood-burning stove is also plumbed into the hot water and underfloor heating, and can run the entire house if necessary. The house is also extremely energy efficient.
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