This property had once been built on the grounds of the apple orchard of the village Manor House. We have aimed to draw on some of that history.

We changed the garden path so that it was no longer on the boundary wall giving both neighbours a little more privacy and introduced a pleach hedge of Malus Everest to create a soft boundary by the terrace.

All the materials are humble, hardwearing and appropriate for an orchard. The path is made of 50mm thick Cornish granite from De Lank quarry and the steel tank is made from core-ten to resemble a drinking trough. The tank will catch rainwater and provide some movement and reflection in the garden.

Low beach hedging will screen the drive and create some other areas of privacy along with a beautiful multistep hornbeam tree supplied by New Wood trees.