Broad Street House is new build home in Suffolk by Nash Baker Architects. The house utilises a palette of natural and traditional materials to blend with the rural street scene, and the exterior uses oak cladding and handmade bricks (both locally sourced) to blend with the architectural character of the village. To create a more distinctive look, the bricks were laid in a variation of ?Monks bond? using white iron-free sand for the lime mortar which was sourced from the local Wivenhoe pit. ?We wanted to ensure that the architectural expression would be contemporary and of its time whilst in its materiality being nevertheless reflective of local vernacular traditions.?

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Architects: Nash Baker Architects

Location: Orford, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12, UK

Area: 201.5 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Nick Guttridge

Design Team: Katharine Maclean, Simon Baker, Howard Nash

Structural Engineer: Ellis & Moore

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From the architect. Broad Street House is new build home in Suffolk by Nash Baker Architects. The house utilises a palette of natural and traditional materials to blend with the rural street scene, and the exterior uses oak cladding and handmade bricks (both locally sourced) to blend with the architectural character of the village. To create a more dist...