Rowledge
Farnham, Surrey

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Architect: Paul Archer Design

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This house, one of the renowned architect Paul Archer’s most celebrated projects, takes a simple 1960s building on a beautiful third of an acre plot (approx) and adds a spectacular contemporary space, attached by a short glass link.

The 4 / 5 bedroom house can be found down a quiet, unmade road on the rural fringes of Farnham, a popular and historic town on the border of Surrey and Hampshire.

As Archer has written about the house in the Architect’s Journal “the separation of the buildings is a direct reflection of the organisation of space. The sleeping spaces are placed in the old structure, and the living spaces in the new structure. These two forms are then joined with a simple fully glazed link corridor that almost gives you the sense of going through the garden to go to the bedrooms.”

The new structure incorporates an open plan kitchen / living / dining room with soaring ceilings with a timber detailing that reflects the current owner’s Scandinavian roots. The floor is an elegant polished concrete. There is a wood burning stove in this space and full height sliding glazed unit that opens out onto the garden.

Also incorporated in the new structure is a double garage and store room that, subject to the relevant permissions, could be transformed to create more living accommodation.

A glazed link leads into a library / games room and from there into the entrance hall. Off the entrance hall are three bedrooms, two of which are currently used as studies and the third of which is the master bedroom with a dedicated dressing area. Timber open tread stairs lead up to a bathroom and two further bedrooms.

The gardens are one of the primary attractions of the property and are largely laid to lawn with a small area of woodland and some productive fruit trees. There is also a summer house / home office building.

Rowledge is an attractive village close to the town of Farnham. It has a pub, primary school and a small selection of shops (including a celebrated butchers) amongst other facilities. The highly-regarded private school, Frensham Heights, is also in the village and is located a short walk from this house.

Farnham is a town that is rich in architectural history, featuring a beautiful Georgian high street with a historic castle at top. It is popular town thanks to its excellent schooling (including South Farnham which consistently tops national school league tables), close links to London (Waterloo can be reached by train in approx 50 minutes) and cultural opportunities (it has The Maltings arts centre and is known as a national centre for craft). It also has a broad range of shopping and dining opportunities and numerous other facilities. Farnham is located on the Surrey / Hampshire border and is surrounded by beautiful countryside, whilst still having excellent transport links via the train station and nearby A3 and M3.

Please note that all areas, measurements and distances given in these particulars are approximate and rounded. The text, photographs and floor plans are for general guidance only. The Modern House has not tested any services, appliances or specific fittings — prospective purchasers are advised to inspect the property themselves. All fixtures, fittings and furniture not specifically itemised within these particulars are deemed removable by the vendor.


History

The Rowledge project has been widely published and Paul Archer has written a text that describes the new elements of the Rowledge project as being “based on a barn like structure.”

He goes on to add:

” It is one simple volume made from a timber balloon frame, and clad in timber. This idea is emphasised by the use of black vertical boarding, picking up on a common agricultural aesthetic in the area….

The new form runs at 90 degrees to the original house, running east/west. This continued the theme of the house being in the centre of the plot surrounded by garden and we enjoyed giving the new structure a number of different aspects.

On the south side is a small enclosed terrace for sitting out in the mornings opening from the kitchen (with the window acting as a serving hatch from the work area) and on the west corner, another terrace for sitting out in the evenings, opening from the living space. These are quite different in feeling and offer quite different views and sense of enclosure.”

Further details of the project can be found in the book ‘Paul Archer: Old to New’ (ISBN 978-0-9573903-0-0)

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