Our client wanted a bright, daylit space for entertaining and family life. All generations of the family gather here to chat, cook, eat and hang out, the sliding doors making it easy to move in and out to the terrace. It is a light and airy room with a tall pyramidal roof light that captures the sky and a patch of sunlight above. The structure is a slender steel frame sitting just inside the triple glazed Skyframe units. These create a sleek enclosure with minimal framing, especially extraordinary are the corners which have glass to glass junctions giving a clear view of the garden.

Outside, the glazing reflects the cottage garden planting and on sunny days and at dusk, the new building blends into its setting with the steeply sloping slate roof floating above the eaves. The modernity of the new extension pavilion sits well alongside the soft red brick of the rectory and gives the family modern free flowing space alongside their traditional living rooms.