HOUSE NEAR ROSS-ON-WYE

This 18th century farm house had been extended in the 1950s, but was somewhat spoilt by a granolithic concrete staircase giving direct access from the kitchen wing to basement garages under the original drawing room. The landscape designer Tom Stuart-Smith suggested raising the ground and burying the basement, and fortunately the planner agreed. A notable improvement was the introduction of sash windows to the breakfast room, which could be raised sufficiently into the wall above to give egress for the six foot six client.

Contractor: Thorteck