Project: Design for a private residence, Edinburgh
Architect: Rebecca Milton Architect.
The concept is intended as a family home for a high profile single man. To be castle like when viewed from the public realm but to welcome internally with a series of highly social interconnecting spaces and intimate external terraces. Design concept to reflect the clients need for privacy and his love of entertaining and music. Proposals include the demolition of the existing dwelling.
Design and visuals © Rebecca Milton
Project: Design for a private residence, Cotswolds.
Architect: Rebecca Milton Architect and Eddie Behrens Architect.
The design takes reference from the multitude of raw materials at play on the site. The front elevation is intended as a series of over-sailng and interconnecting planes that are intended to appear as a wall. A hidden building. Internally, high spec Scandinavian style joinery allows the open spaces to connect seamlessly evoking warmth and timelessness. No plasterboard; all materials are live. Accommodation includes four bedrooms, an office with screening room, wine storage, large entertaining area leading to an external pool and terrace.
Design and visuals © Rebecca Milton & Eddie Behrens
Project: Residential refurbishment and renewal, Cotswolds.
Architect: Ashton Architecture and Rebecca Milton Architect.
As the previous owner of the property, Rebecca Milton Architect conceived a design to renovate and update Studio Cottage, Thatch and barn, securing planning permission and Listed Building Consent in 2019. In 2020, with the building under new ownership, Ashton Architecture progressed the project forward to completion in 2023 and continues to work with the client at the property.
Alfred Hoare Powell was the original Architect and inhabitant of Studio Cottage. Powell lived there with his wife Louise from 1920-1960, designing and creating Wedgwood pottery. My husband and I took custodianship of this grade ii listed site in late 2017, a series of then dilapidated timber framed buildings. I became intimate with its history, developing a design for a new contemporary glass link to connect the listed buildings; crucially breathing much needed life, and warmth, into the otherwise un-inhabitable thatched studio. Proposals included the opening up of a concealed feature window to the north creating an impressive double height living area within the cottage, externally sanding back the blackened-timber cladding and painted brickwork to a lighter more natural finish, plus a comprehensive refurbishment throughout. Extensive planning and heritage consents were granted with the help of Planning Consultants, Martin Leay Associates.
Photography © Agnese Sanvito
Project below: Live-work-storage barn, Cotswolds.
Architect: Ashton Architecture and Rebecca Milton Architect.
As the previous owner of the property, Rebecca Milton Architect conceived a design to renovate and update Studio Cottage, Thatch and Barn, securing planning permission and Listed Building Consent in 2019. In 2020, with the building under new ownership, Ashton Architecture progressed the project forward to completion in 2023 and continues to work with the client at the property.
Part of the Studio Cottage listed curtilage was a largely dilapidated rural barn on the north west corner of the site. Design proposals included full down-taking of the existing structure, and rebuilding to a larger footprint. New metal windows and sliding door details to reference the more long-standing barns in the Cotswolds. We wanted the barn to look like it had always been there. The highly crafted drystone wall construction to echo the original listed dry stone haha. Internally, accommodation offers its owners a series of flexible mixed use spaces with garden storage. Extensive planning and heritage consents were granted with the help of Planning Consultants, Martin Leay Associates.
Photography © Agnese Sanvito
Project: Design for a kitchen island, Edinburgh.
Architect: Rebecca Milton Architect and Eddie Behrens Architect.
An iroko hardwood kitchen island and connecting breakfast bar, Edinburgh. This was beautifully hand crafted by the carpenters of BUHR bespoke interiors, Woodbridge.
Design and visuals © Rebecca Milton
Project: Design for an extension to a detached residence, Edinburgh
Architect: Rebecca Milton Architect and Eddie Beherns Architect.
The concept is to entirely modernise and regenerate a tired mid century bungalow on the outskirts of Edinburgh. A raised ceiling height to the rear, with a high level ribbon window, serves to flood the house with light, transform the quality of internal space and redefine the relationship between house and garden.
Design and visuals © Rebecca Milton and Eddie Behrens.
