Lyon House
This is a complete new house, which I am building to order on a beautiful riverside site replacing a rather uninspiring seventies concrete bungalow. It is a north facing site with spectacular views over the river Dart. This presented the Arcitecht ( Paul Bedford, of Bedford & Jobson) with quite a tricky task of giving the owners the accomdation they sought, making the best of the views and restricting the shadow over the garden. These factors coupled with his own preference for rectiliniear form (at least externally) have created an unsual design. The plan for me, resemebles that of a church, it has been rather a challenging build, with little tolerance for error with the laying out of the building.
We started rather late in the season, mid June 2007 and the cob was not started until towards the end of August, so it was touch and go especially with the bad weather as to whether we would get the roof on before christmas. I am glad to say we just made it.
For all this I am quite pleased of the results so far
Update 30/01/2009 The finnished house has been shortlisted for the 2009 LABC South West Building Excellence Awards.
Update 14/03/2009 Lyon house has won the best new vernacular building at the LABC (Local Area Building Control) built in quality awards 2009. Projects can only be nominated for this award by the inspecting bulding control officer, so I am very pleased to have won this pestigeous award for a third time with Keppel Gate and the Cob House Cadhay winning in previous years
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The plan form enables a lower East/West ridge line to reduce sun shadow on this North facing site
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Oak Lintels are set in position
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Some beautiful forms are created inside the house
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Main fireplace lintel is temporarily protected with polythene
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Central stairs are an unusual shape
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My trusty 3cx is very useful
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I love this kind of joinery
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Gently does it
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These cob peers need a bit of temporary proping
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Cob now nearly halfway
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Load fro oak lintels is spread on oak pad (known as a tressle piece)
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We have made good progress with such a wet summer
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Wall plate fixed on
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We created some beautiful shapes and spaces internally
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Chimney breast built in lightweight blocks above cob wall plate height to avoid differential shrinkage
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Wall plates temporarily restrained
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Stair newel in cob
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Oak framing in main bedroom
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Oak framing in attic rooms
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Reclaimed Delabole (Cornish)slate roof
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Traditional hand thrown finish using lime putty and sand the consistency of custard
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with heat pump room add on
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Three coats hand thrown lime putty render with five coats limewash
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Sweet Chestnut conservatories from Devon grown trees that I have air dried
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there are some beautiful shapes inside
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Capped in sweet chestnut with tricky twisted handrail detail
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Again grown in Devon made back at keppel Gate
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Hand crafted some French oak here
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hand made from Devon grown air dried oak
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Bespoke shelves hand made from our own Devon grown air dried sweet chestnut. The client made a lovely job of the internal limewash (we supplied the materials and guidance)
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