Handmade clay tiles cover this gabled accommodation block, which London firm Walters & Cohen has added to a boarding school in the English city of Canterbury.

The new accommodation is located on a plot that was previously part of the Diocesan Payne Smith primary school. When the King's School acquired the land, it asked the architects to refurbish some existing buildings to provide rooms for pupils of its new Kingsdown House.
The renovated Butterfield building and Master's House contain common rooms, a study area, kitchens and tea-making zones, alongside shared and individual bedrooms.

"The new building is clad in handmade clay tiles, drawing on local architecture and construction techniques," the studio added, "while the building's elegant profile and gabled roof complement the features of its neighbours." The use of the red-coloured tiles intentionally contrasts with and therefore retains the prominence of a continuous stone wall that extends along the street to connect the Butterfield building and Master's House.

Courtyard gardens surrounding the buildings provide spaces for studying or socialising, which are influenced by nearby historic gardens and seek to add distinct character to the various external spaces.
Past projects by the studio have included designing a school building in London clad in fluted stone panels and a Buddhist retreat in the English countryside.

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