ThePavilionHouse

The drive opens into a paved court in front of the house. The paving is laid in a fan that centres on the front door. The two garage bays sit at either end of the elevation, so the entrance stays in the middle.

The front is faced in stone. The windows are set deep into the wall, with oval windows either side of the door. The lights sit in the planting rather than on the wall.

The ground floor rooms run in a line, with arched openings between them instead of doors. From the entrance hall you can see through the living room and out to the garden doors at the far end.

The living room has a beamed and coffered ceiling. The dining room has a shallow tray ceiling and seats ten. The same pale stone floor runs through both, with no step between them.

The study is lined in timber from floor to ceiling, with shelving built into two of the walls. It is the only room on this floor that closes with a door.

It has one window, set deep in the wall with a blind, so the light on the desk can be controlled through the day.

The outdoor kitchen sits under a timber pergola at the back of the house. It has a grill and a sink built into a stone island, a counter with three stools, and lanterns hung from the frame above.

Seen from above, the terrace is set out on a grid. The paving is laid on the diagonal with darker bands running through it. The pool sits along one side, the spa in the middle, and the seating area is set into a circle of paving with a hedge around it.

The pavilion stands at the far end of the garden, where the walk from the house ends.

It is built in timber. The roof is framed with rafters that meet at a single lantern in the centre. The frame is left open, so you see it from inside. There are arched openings on every side, looking back across the garden.