It was only after living in their 400-year-old Jacobean farmhouse in Suffolk for 3 years that Architect Howard Nash (Co-director of Nash Baker Architects) and his partner Monique Beauval-Nash felt they knew the building well enough to make a start on its renovation. They used this long gestation period to good effect, repairing and improving decaying Victorian farm outbuildings and developing creative ways of tackling the architectural and conservation issues raised by the main farmhouse.
Now, they have completed building works to the farmhouse and the result is a subtle and exquisite weaving together of the historic, the not-quite-so historic and the contemporary into a quietly confident statement of architectural and design excellence. The project took nearly 3 years to complete. One of the main reasons for this is the careful consideration that was given to every architectural and design decision by demanding owner/designers – who knew they would themselves have to live with the outcome. The quality of the finished project is plain to see. (Published with Bowerbird)
Photography : Nick Guttridge
