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post updated 5 May 2026

English Houses News in 2026 – chronological:

5 May 2026
Forest House Winchester
Design: Adam Knibb Architects

image : Touch 3d CGI Imagery + Motion
This residential project reimagines the house for contemporary family life, placing emphasis on natural light, spatial flow, and a stronger connection between the home and its woodland surroundings.
A series of carefully considered interventions extend and reorganise the ground floor, forming a brighter, more open kitchen and family space at the heart of the home, designed to better support everyday living and frame views of the landscape beyond.

29 April 2026
Stocks Lane House, East Wittering
Design: Adam Knibb Architects

photo : Touch 3d CGI Imagery + Motionh
The architecture balances calm, grounded forms with moments of articulation. A cantilevered balcony emerges as a defining element, lending a sense of lightness while extending the living spaces outward to engage with the surrounding landscape. Materiality, massing, and orientation are carefully calibrated to ensure the building sits comfortably within its setting—contemporary in expression, yet firmly anchored in its coastal context.

13 April 2026
Clarkes Way House, Daventry, Northamptonshire
Interior design: Cream&Black

photo : Ben Pipe
Nature’s beauty is woven throughout the design, with a deliberate focus on seamlessly bringing the outdoors in. Every detail reflects a commitment to quality, from the sleek finishes to the thoughtfully curated design elements, resulting in a space that feels both elegant and connected to its surroundings.

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20 February 2026
Highcliff House, Dorset
Design: MortonScarr Architects
Highcliff is a contemporary three-bedroom residence set within a picturesque landscape, backed by National Trust woodland at Lambert’s Castle. Perched on a steeply sloping site, the black timber-clad home is carefully composed to maximise expansive views across Dorset’s Jurassic Coast.

18 February 2026
South Downs House, East Sussex
Design: MortonScarr Architects

photography : Chalmers and Co and James French
The home is clad in flint, a material long associated with the local vernacular and well suited to the exposed setting. Detailed in a contemporary manner, the flintwork is complemented by larch cladding and a standing seam metal roof. Carefully articulated cut-outs within the roof form a terrace for the first-floor master bedroom, while full-height glazing to each gable end frames expansive views across the surrounding countryside.

17 February 2026
Devon Estuary Home, Teignmouth
Architecture: MortonScarr Architects
Devon Estuary Home is a striking residence nestled in the picturesque village of Shaldon, Teignmouth, seamlessly combining modern design with its natural surroundings. Completed in 2021, the two-level property features a stone-clad courtyard at its heart, serving as the central focal point and organizing element of the property.

6 February 2026
Hartdene Barns, Kent, Southeast England
Architect: Nissen Richards Studio

16 January 2026
Cakeham House, West Wittering, West Sussex
Design: Adam Knibb Architects
The original cottage had been undermined by a series of incoherent, outdated extensions that lacked character. The brief called for a comfortable, sustainable family home—one that balances spacious social areas with private retreats, maximises natural light, and takes full advantage of its unique setting, offering views across farmland to the sea.

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English Houses Designs in 2025

English Houses Designs in 2025 – chronological:

11 December 2025
The Cottages, Charlbury, West Oxfordshire, Southern England
Architect: NOTO Architects

photo : French + Tye
The Cottages is a thoughtful, contemporary extension to a historic stone cottage within the Charlbury Conservation Area, West Oxfordshire. The project transforms a compact, dark interior into a light-filled, flexible family home, while carefully preserving the character and scale of the original building.

8 December 2025
Austen House, Winchester, Hampshire, South of England
Design: Adam Knibb Architects

photo : Martin Gardner
Adam Knibb Architects identified an underutilised opportunity in the narrow access way running alongside the property, only occasionally required for vehicular use. By building above this existing void, they introduced a new elevated volume, adding valuable internal space without increasing the overall footprint of the site.

7 December 2025
The Old Sty, Tatworth, Somerset, southwest England
Architects: London Atelier

photo : Ralf Eikelberg
Externally, the approach is deliberately restrained. The rubble-stone walls, simple gabled roof, and deep-set openings were repaired and consolidated with minimal intervention, preserving the agricultural character of the building. New oak-framed doors and discreet frameless windows are introduced with clarity and precision, carefully set within the existing fabric to maintain a quiet, coherent elevation.

18 November 2025
Dorset Eco Home, Dorchester, Dorset, southern England
Design: Footprint Architects

photo : Richard Chivers
This contemporary new-build family home in rural Dorset was shaped by its riverside context and ecological ambitions.

11 October 2025
Beckett House, Crawley, West Sussex
Design: Adam Knibb Architects

photo : Martin Gardner
Tight planning constraints required an inventive approach to achieving the additional space needed. With the original cottage located in the countryside, the design team worked within a specific planning allowance that permits small dwellings under 120sqm to be extended by up to 25%, carefully shaping the proposal to remain compliant while maximising the potential of the site.

19 September 2025
Poplar Road House, Surrey, Southern England
Design: Adam Knibb Architects

photo : Martin Gardner
Taking cues from the surrounding architecture, vegetation, and wider landscape, the design establishes an extended base articulated in vertical timber cladding, with an offset first-floor front extension finished in white render. The contemporary form guides circulation from the new entrance around the home, culminating in a rear element defined by a sedum roof that softens the building’s edge and reinforces its connection to the garden.

4 September 2025
Hastings House, Hastings, East Sussex, Southern England
Design: Hugh Strange Architects

photo : Rory Gaylor
The detached house is barely altered and beautifully refurbished, retaining fine mouldings, stained glass, fretted barge boards and decorative hung clay tiles. At ground-floor level, however, the openings in its rear wall – which previously accessed a gloomy full-width lean-to extension – are adjusted.

28 July 2025
House by the River, Wiltshire, southwest England
Design: Artel31
Designed and built by award-winning architects Artel31, ‘House by the River’ responds to its unique urban setting adjacent to the river and surrounding parkland. Its development was tightly constrained by the conservation area status and the proximity of adjacent listed buildings, shaping a carefully considered design approach that respects and enhances its sensitive context.

9 July 2025
Oxfordshire Pond House, Southern England
Architect: Kara Dickinson for Okopod

photo : French + Tye
Designed to complement the clean lines and generous glazing of the main family home, the Pool House is finished in Yakisugi cladding (charred timber) and topped with a sedum roof. Large bifold doors open directly onto views of the natural swimming pool, reflecting a growing interest in sustainable landscaping and low-impact leisure spaces within the garden.

30 June 2025
The Quiet Wing House, London
Design: Brosh Architects

photo : Ollie Hammick
This English property had remained largely unchanged for over 40 years, aside from a small uPVC rear extension and the conversion of the garage into an additional room.
The brief was to significantly increase both the ground and first-floor living spaces, improving the overall functionality and adaptability of the home for contemporary living.

16 June 2025
Brockenhurst House, Hampshire, Southern England
Design: Studio BAD

photo : Richard Chivers
Brockenhurst House began as a distinctive 1970s chalet-style property on the outskirts of Brockenhurst, in the heart of the New Forest National Park. Purchased with a clear vision, the new owners set out to transform the ageing structure into a lifelong home—one that responds to changing needs while maintaining a strong commitment to beauty, sustainability, and design integrity.

21 May 2025
RIBA South Awards 2025 winners announced:

The Old Byre Property, Isle of Wight, southern England
Design: Gianni Botsford Architects

photo : Schnepp Renou
This conversion of two understated farm buildings on the Isle of Wight creates a new home while also providing residency and working spaces for visiting artists. The project retains the original footprint and structure of the barns, enhancing them with a new external layer of insulation and corrugated cement board. The resulting form is direct and utilitarian, clearly reflecting its dual function as both domestic space and place of creative production.

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English Houses in 2024

English Residential Architecture – home additions from 2024, arranged chronologically:

7 September 2024
Holmwood Farm Wadhurst house, Wadhurst, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, East Sussex
Design: RX Architects

photo courtesy of architects office

16 August 2024
Seventies House Winchester, Winchester, Hampshire
Design: AR Design Studio

photo : Martin Gardner
The Seventies House is a thoughtful contemporary extension to a mid-century home in Winchester by the award-winning architects AR Design Studio.

9 July 2024
Maple Lodge, Meadowcroft Conservation Area, south of Leicester
Design: Levitate Architects

photo : Jim Stephenson
Proposal replaced the existing dwelling arranged over two stories with a large, detached garage to the west of the site keeping within the footprint of the previous building. The site has a significant level change from north to south with about 3 metres difference from the road level to the rear garden.

8 July 2024
Tilde House, Canonbury Conservation Area, North London
Design: Neil Dusheiko Architects

photo : Jim Stephenson
Tilde House is a remodelled and extended Grade II listed Victorian home in north London. Neil Dusheiko Architects has subtly blended historic and contemporary elements, achieving an architectural transformation while safeguarding the property’s essence and heritage.

7 July 2024
Camellia House, Wentworth Woodhouse, South Yorkshire, northern England
Restoration Architects: Donald Insall Associates

photo © Damian Griffiths
Conservation architects Donald Insall Associates are delighted to announce that the Camellia House, a Grade II*-listed glass house nestled within the gardens of Wentworth Woodhouse, has received an RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) regional award in the Refurbishment/Revitalisation category. This recognition highlights the exceptional efforts and collaboration involved in this £5 million conservation project.

15 May 2024
Georgian Townhouse Fitzrovia property, West London
Architects: SPPARC

13 May 2024
Hays Mews House, Mayfair, London property
Architect: John Pawson CBE

19 April 2024
The Arbour, Walthamstow, Northeast London
Design: Boehm Lynas Architects
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15 April 2024
Tonal Terrace, Dalston, London
Architects: Bradley Van Der Straeten

11 April 2024
Hartdene Barns, border of West Kent and East Sussex, Southeast England
Architect: Nissen Richards Studio

Elevations / internal view renderings by Nissen Richards Studio ; other images by Hazeviz for Q New Homes
This southern English property is a former dairy farm transformed into nine luxury eco dwellings, built to RIBA Climate Challenge standards. The collection of nine new homes is set within forty acres of land within an ANOB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) in the UK’s green belt, close to the villages of Hartfield and Cowden on the border of West Kent and East Sussex.

26 March 2024
Surrey House, South Downs, Southern England
Design: Adam Knibb Architects

photo : Richard Chivers

23 March 2024
Hurst Avenue House, Crouch End, North London
Design: Mulroy Architects

12 March 2024
Woodlands House Canterbury, East Kent
Architect: RX Architects

photo courtesy of architects office

6 March 2024
Purbeck House, Dorset, southwest England
Design: Gruff Architects

photograph © French + Tye

24 February 2024
An Uneven Split St Albans house, Hertfordshire, southern England, UK
Design: Scenario Architecture

photo : Matt Clayton Photography

1 February 2024
Tree View House, London
Architecture: Neil Dusheiko Architects

18 January 2024
Pear Tree House, London
Architects: Edgley Design

18 January 2024
Ferry House Salisbury, Wiltshire, southwest England
Design: AR Design Studio

photograph © Martin Gardner
Ferry House is a private bespoke replacement dwelling located near the historic city of Salisbury, completed in 2023 by award-winning Winchester-based Architects AR Design Studio. The site is surrounded by mature trees to the south and east, and a large area of woodland to the North.

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English Houses in 2023

11 Dec 2023
Jurassic House, Dorset, southwest England
Design: AR Design Studio

photograph © Martin Gardner

21 November 2023
Waldens Farm in southwest England, Wiltshire
Design: Adam Knibb Architects

photo : Richard Chivers

22 Aug 2023
Modern Barn, Dorset, southwest England
Design: Coffey Architects

photo © Phil Coffey

3 July 2023
Plot 3 House, Chippenham, Wiltshire
Design: Artel31

photo : Charles Emerson

1 November 2023
Brockenhurst House, Hampshire, South of England
Design: Studio BAD

24 October 2023
Strawberry Hill, Hampshire, South of England, UK
Design: OB Architecture

image : OB Architecture

25 September 2023
Hurst House Buckinghamshire
Architects: Strom Architects

photograph : Andy Matthews
The clients’ brief was to build a very sustainable and contemporary family home that would have the flexibility to successfully cope with changing family conditions as their children grow up.

La Terre House, Surrey

9 August 2023
Marylebone Mews House, London
Design: Patalab Architects

photo : Julian Abrams

18 July 2023
Totteridge III House, North London
Design: Gregory Phillips Architects

photo : Andrew Beasley

18 June 2023
Orchard House, London
Design: Strom Architects

photo : Richard Chivers

27 Apr 2023
Spa House Winchester, Hampshire, Southern England
Design: OB Architecture, Architects

photo courtesy of architects office
International architecture studio, OB Architecture, has unveiled their recently completed country house project, Spa House. The project saw the award-winning team create a holistic pool and garden pavilion in the grounds of a family home in Winchester, seamlessly connecting the new, modernist glazed structure to the existing (Victorian) period property through clever landscaping and exterior design.

10 Mar 2023
Holly Walk House, Hampstead, North London
Design: Square Feet Architects

photo : Daniel Leon

9 Mar 2023
Thornhill House, Islington, London
Design: Bradley Van Der Straeten

photo : French + Tye

26 Jan 2023
Bloomsbury Mansion Apartment, London
Design: LLI Design

image courtesy of Barnet Council / architects practice

23 Jan 2023
Waterside House, Hampshire

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English Houses Designs in 2022

8 Dec 2022
RIBA House of the Year 2022 Winner News

photo © Channel 4 and Will Pryce
RIBA House of the Year 2022
The Red House by David Kohn Architects has won the prestigious annual award given by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to the UK’s best new architect-designed house.

15 Aug 2022
The Cottage in Wiltshire, Southwest England
Design: Artel31

photo : Pete Helme

28 Jun 2022
Catch Beach House, Seasalter, Kent
Architects: Stiff + Trevillion

photo : Lukasz Bernacki
Situated outside Whitstable on the North Kent coastline, the Catch house takes its cues from the traditional fisherman’s huts and boat sheds whilst making references to the indigenous materials and textures which inhabit this stretch of coastline.

3 June 2022
Stone Cottage Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Design: Haysom Ward Miller Architects

photo : Richard Fraser

1 June 2022
Aldeburgh House, Suffolk
Design: David Walker Architects

photo : Tim Soar

19 Jan 2022
Claywood House in Hampshire, South of England
Architects: Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt

photo : Andy Matthews
The new building is located within the orchard of the client’s previous home – a multi levelled building unsuitable for conversion (but retained and sold). The house is designed as a counterpoint to the original and with an architecture of contrast reflecting a ‘fresh start’ for the client and her family.

11 Jan 2022
Kai Tak House, Polzeath, Cornwall, south west England
Design: Cassell Tarring

photo : Daniel Fisher
Kai Tak is a contemporary holiday home located in Polzeath, Cornwall. The development appears to perch over the edge of its stone plinth to maximise its unique dual aspect of countryside and coastal views.

11 Jan 2022
Wood Farm in Suffolk
Architects: Studio RHE

photo : Dirk Lindner
An unusual combination of existing farm buildings and Modernist style enclosures, Wood Farm in Suffolk is situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that stretches as far as the eye can see. The brief was to create a rigorously contemporary house that is also both sustainable and sympathetic to it’s surroundings.