A modern build grounded in its roots

Designer:
Rob Hughes 
Area:
450m2
Location:
Hartford
Buildtime:
4 months

This project carefully balances modern design with sympathy for the surrounding period architecture.

A big focus of the build was a new bespoke garden room and gym that reflects the style of the house and existing orangery. We used a screw pile method to avoid disrupting the roots of established trees and hedges and commissioned a specialist metal fabricator to create a bespoke steel frame and cladding.

Curved path and tulip planting beside sleek black garden pavilion.
Wisteria climbing brick wall beside a white-framed window.
Close-up of wisteria flowers in bloom against brick wall.
Wisteria flowers and foliage draped across a garden wall.

A garden designed for entertaining, we installed a large terrace space, steel pergola featuring timber beams, and data cables to power WiFi and surround-sound throughout. 

Modern garden seating area under a slatted pergola structure.
Outdoor kitchen area with a ceramic barbecue and tall planters.

Built from durable and heat-resistant concrete, the kitchen and bar island includes a single-form worktop with a bespoke cut-out to house the clients green egg. 

Outdoor dining space with bar seating and ceramic barbecue in garden.
Curved garden path with tulip borders and mature trees.

Naturalistic planting, plenty of pollinators, and multi-stem trees provide a soft but modern backdrop, and we installed a 4-metre Portuguese laurel hedge to give privacy in this stunning new space.

Brick garden path bordered by tulips and lush planting.
Close-up of herringbone brick paving with soft planting shadows.
Garden paving and planting with sunlight filtering through mature trees.