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New Pavilion, Nayland, Suffolk 2002
Set on a hill on the north side of the Stour valley, the new pavilion has a curved copper roof to complement the scalloped shape of the roof to the main house. All the external materials are from the same palette as the existing house.
Internally a freestanding pod in the centre of the plan divides the building into two rooms. This is a beautifully shaped piece of fine joinery, clad in weathered sycamore. It forms the central focus to the two rooms, and houses a shower room, galley kitchen, and storage cupboards. Sliding and pivot doors, slide from and close onto the pod forming the two rooms. Shelving units finished with a range of fine contrasting veneers close the gable end walls. The glazed wall onto the garden has slotted double glazed units between western red cedar boarding.
The building has won a number of architectural awards including an RIBA National Award and the Wood Award for private projects 2003.
"the real achievement on the Manser Medal shortlist this year is the pavilion built in deepest Suffolk...which is nothing less than the English domestic ideal; the idea of home that is hard-wired into our heads." - Hugh Pearman, Sunday Times, 22nd June 2003