A House by the Sea
Fronting the Irish Sea, this family holiday house is inspired by its dynamic and textural coastal context.
Our service scope was across architectural and interior spheres to breathe life, bring space and seaside views to this shared holiday home. Channelling the richness from both an eclectic coastal palette and a colourful family history, we renovated and extended this beach house for communal living.
The main architectural move was to flip the living and bedroom spaces to make an ‘upside down’ living arrangement. This gave the advantage of a panoramic sea view, maximum light and distance from the sandy entrance way for a clean, generous and flexi living space.
Downstairs we reformulated the spaces to create new openings that aligned and frame existing ones. This created a fantastical array of colourful apertures to explore. We experimented by overlaying pattern, colour and texture in representing a rainbow of landscapes, seascapes and personalities.
The project responds to an undercurrent of nostalgia, fuelled from the client’s 70 year connection to the house and collective childhood memories of summering in the beach resort.
The project is continues to be refined and updates will be shared in the coming months as the space evolves.
Space A Sketchbook : Carved bargeboard design and development
In designing the new roof extension, we wished to create a bespoke element as the ‘crowning jewel’ on the sea-facing elevation.
The below gallery records the design and development of our process - from inspiration, to sketch, to construction drawing, to fabrication, to installation, to the final result.
Architectural Construction by James Sayle & Sons
Bespoke Bargeboad Carving by Houghtons of York
Interior Styling by Space A
Photography by Brotherton-Lock