Horizontal larch planks clad the exterior of Brampton, a house on a steeply sloping site in Cumbria by Scottish studio Mary Arnold-Forster Architects.
Named after the nearby town of Brampton, the home replaces a former stable and workshop that was originally constructed in the 1960s and had fallen into disrepair.
Mary Arnold-Forster Architects took advantage of the site's slope to create a low single-storey profile facing the nearby street that expands to two storeys facing out over the landscape.
Mary Arnold-Forster Architects has completed a home in Cumbria. Photo by David Barbour
"A previous planning application by a different architect had been rejected because the massing was too prominent from the street," explained the studio. "The house nestles into the very steep existing slope so that it is single-storey to the street but two storeys to the view of the rolling landscape," it added.
Brampton comprises two gabled volumes, one large and one small, which sit on either side of a central courtyard and are connected by a glazed entrance corridor. Facing the street, the gable ends of each volume are left windowless for privacy.
The home comprises two gabled volumes clad in larch
In the larger volume, a bedroom faces the street in the single-storey portion of the home, while the living, kitchen and dining area overlooks the landscape.
Opposite, the smaller volume contains a secondary lounge space, with sliding glass doors providing access across the cou...