Topographically the site sloped down to the south from back to front, overlooked the meadow to the west, and would adjoin future neighbours to the east.
The lack of middle ground in the view from the inside engenders the viewer an immediate relationship with the meadow to the west. Through variously scaled spaces of occupation both inside and outside (a brick bench reading niche at the fireplace, a 3-4-person window seat by the kitchen, an outdoor brick bench benefitting from the heat of the hearth) the house is imbued with a quality of comfort and warm conviviality.
The more public face of the house gathers scale to the east where it adjoins the developing community of individual houses. Clerestory windows allow morning sunlight to wash the sloping white plaster ceiling from the more private east-facing elevation
