Charred House
Suffolk, United Kingdom

The 140 square metre Charred House was designed by renowned architects Tate Harmer, who specialise in healthy sustainable buildings linked to their natural environment. The house is set in the grounds of an historic country house and was conceived as an "abstracted outhouse" to sit comfortably in the mature landscape setting. The natural charred larch cladding and jaunty form gently mimic the local agricultural buildings to create a building very much in keeping with its rural idyll. Super-insulated walls, triple glazing, mechanical ventilation, air source heat pump and solar thermal panels combine to provide a very low-energy home.

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Completion date: 2015
Architect: Tate Harmer, London, UK