EXPOSED OAK POOL HOUSE

Where: Eastbury, Berkshire

Our client's country house comprised a large Grade II listed barn conversion with a substantial private garden in the grounds of a former manor house.  The brief was to create an indoor pool with changing facilities and a Jacuzzi and whilst MWA had previously constructed an underground swimming pool (in view of the very sensitive nature of the site), it was not viable in this case due to the proximity of a river. 

The solution was to build at right angles to the barn replacing existing outbuildings, in a similar style with a discrete link to the original barn.  A comprehensive Planning and Listed Building application was submitted to the Local Authority, complete with perspective views and despite the scale of the proposal, consent was granted. 

The elevation facing the public right-of-way comprised a brickwork plinth with dark boarding as cladding above and to the gable ends, whilst the internal elevation facing the garden was fully glazed with the glazing set back behind the oak posts. 

Carpenter Oak supplied and constructed the oak framed structure, complete with exposed oak rafters

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