The cottage is a major driver of the new architecture: Two new cottages to sit alongside the original, restoring the historic three-part composition. Instead of the wasteful demolition of all buildings and erasure of the site’s history, we suggested removing only the former stables and coach house and proposed new energy-efficient designs to sit alongside the original cottage. The cottage remains largely unaltered but the stables and coach house were extensively altered during the 1960s and 1990s, compromising their layout, appearance and structure and making them unsuitable for further adaptation. Historical analysis revealed there were three parts to the original dwelling – cottage, stables and coach house. Our brief was to create a large, low-energy home with a modest budget, options ranging from extension to demolition of all existing buildings. Originally a farm-workers’ dwelling, Cherry Tree House is one of the oldest buildings in Harpsden, a village outside Henley on Thames and has been home to our Clients, a family with three young children, since 2016. A country home designed not only to preserve energy, but also the history of a prominent local site, widely visible from the surrounding Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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