Designing a Courtyard for a Country Estate in Berkshire

“A bicycle shed is a building; Lincoln Cathedral is a piece of architecture… the term architecture applies only to buildings designed with a view to aesthetic appeal.” Nikolaus Pevsner in the introduction to ‘An Outline of European Architecture’, 1943.

Not every project we get asked to design is grand and large, we often work on smaller projects such as this courtyard building on a country estate in Berkshire.

However, even the humblest buildings we work on still get the same level of care and thoughtfulness of design and attention to detail as the grandest. Careful material choices here of Keymer Tiles handmade clay roof tiles with bonnet hips, oak framing and cladding, and conservation rooflights, coupled with considered design moves including a cupola for ventilation and extra wide carport bays for ease of use elevate this building to something which can hold its own next to a far grander main building.