Lewes House
Architects
Sandy Rendel
Year
2015
GIA
257 square metres
Build cost
£770K
Location
Lewes, East Sussex
A two-storey family home. The main body of the house is a simple two-storey pitched roof structure, but with a ridge line that is carved away to break down the building's scale and reflect the cliff contours behind. Corten cladding installation. The gables and handmade ash-glazed brickwork, traditional to the town, help it to tie in well with the street.
The rugged in situ concrete retaining walls of the riverbank morph into slightly more refined board-marked concrete on the ground floor, which gives way to Corten rainscreen cladding above. Simple inventive moves, such as reversing the way the Corten sheets are hung, create a subtle play between openness and solidity.
Awards
Sunday Times British Homes Award for One-off House or Extension (2,500-5,000 sq ft)
The Friends of Lewes Design Awards 2016 for making 'a significant contribution to the enhancement of the character of Lewes'
Sussex Heritage Trust 'Small Scale Residential Award'
RIBA National Award for ‘Individual House’ 2017.
