Castle High House Pembrokeshire, West Wales Luxury Home, New Welsh Property, Architecture Project
Castle High House in Pembrokeshire
26 Aug 2021
Architecture: Hyde + Hyde Architects
Location: Wales, UK

Castle High House, Pembrokeshire Wales
Out on the fringe of south west Wales overlooking the Irish Sea, a cool white concrete home hovers effortlessly over a Coastal National Park in Pembrokeshire. The monolithic form of the Castle High home exudes a sense of luxury and refuge, indifferent to the storms that blow in from Atlantic shores.

Large expanses of frameless glass open up the home to the rugged cliffs, sandy beaches and wild inland hills. It is a symbiotic home of weight and lightness that frames the character and essence of natural phenomena – such as light wind and rain.
Castle High a smallholding is located within Pembrokeshire Coast National Park with panoramic views of the Atlantic.

The traditional Welsh farm is centred around a courtyard providing protection from the constant South-Westerly Atlantic Storms that push over an ancient landscape.

The abandoned farm buildings themselves remain relatively unchanged since the early 1800?s.

The practice was approached to refurbish the outbuildings and provide a luxurious and practical contemporary home to replace an existing out-dated and 1960?s house.

Our design completes the courtyard and provides a sustainable lifestyle for the family, by utilising passive architectural strategies and low carbon technolo...