
Peak District · 2022
Stonecroft
The brief & site
A stone-and-timber rural home set sensitively into rolling countryside, designed to sit quietly in its landscape.
A rural site demanded a building that touched the land lightly and belonged to its setting from day one.
Type
New-buildLocation
Peak DistrictYear
2022GIA
190 m²Budget band
£700k–850kDuration
18 monthsPlanning
Full planning — new dwellingDesign approach
How we resolved it.
A plinth of dry-laid natural stone grounds the house in its hillside, with warm timber cladding and a crisp anthracite fascia above. Large picture windows frame the valley and glow warmly at dusk.
Gallery
The finished building.





Client
“It belongs to the landscape completely, yet inside it is warm, modern and full of light.” Private client, Peak District