Side-by-side townhouses, Cambridge

Side-by-side townhouses, Cambridge

At the end of a run of Victorian terraces built for railway workers in Argyle Street, Cambridge, rise two award-winning new-builds. They occupy what was previously a small industrial site with a car repair garage on it. The garage had, in turn, replaced a pair of...
The house on the hill

The house on the hill

Cynefin is a four-bedroom, new-build property in Cornwall that was completed in spring 2024. It is home to professional couple Carrie and Ben and their two young children. Ben is from the local area and Carrie, who was born in Wales, named the property Cynefin, Welsh...
Two new homes for three generations, Cornwall

Two new homes for three generations, Cornwall

Architect Daniel, or Dig, Mattholie and his wife Sophie Coates, a psychologist, were living in Bristol with their first child when a plot of land came up for sale in the village of Millbrook, near Torpoint in Cornwall, where Dig grew up. The site offered beautiful...
Forever home, Chester

Forever home, Chester

Antony and Theresa Hattersley built their four-bedroom detached home in Mollington near Chester on a third-of-an-acre plot they bought in 1991. Antony’s uncle, an architect, drew up the initial plans and the house has evolved over the years as the couple’s lives and...
Pilgrims Barn, Stowmarket, Suffolk

Pilgrims Barn, Stowmarket, Suffolk

Pilgrims Barn in the village of Haughley near Stowmarket in Suffolk stands on the site of a former poultry shed that once housed 5,000 chickens. Owners Nick, a fund asset manager, and Saffy Woolley, who teaches at a nearby independent school, bought the shed and the...