The clients had fallen in love with the beautiful site on the outskirts of the market town of Morpeth, and so did we; steeply sloping and edged by woodland, it is a wonderful, challenging context with a brief to create a family home sympathetic to the setting whilst embodying the excitement of a woodland hideaway.

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Architects: Elliott Architects

Location: Northumberland, United Kingdom

Architects In Charge: Lynsey Elliott, Ben Elliott

Area: 220.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Jill Tate Photography

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From the architect. The clients had fallen in love with the beautiful site on the outskirts of the market town of Morpeth, and so did we; steeply sloping and edged by woodland, it is a wonderful, challenging context with a brief to create a family home sympathetic to the setting whilst embodying the excitement of a woodland hideaway.
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The building adapts to the sites contours, with arrival separated from private south facing kitchen-terrace, with the garden to the north exploiting the only flat section of the site and offering further privacy and connection to natural context.

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Ground Floor Plan

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There is an intentionally rich palette of materials; like a Thomas Bewick woodcut or the woodland texture around it, th...