The High Meadow site: a sloping wildflower meadow with scattered oaks and a long view south to the Blue Ridge
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Brevard · 2026 · Pre-construction

High Meadow

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The home

drawn around the view

A hillside home in planning, its rooms arranged around a single long view to the south.

Size
3,200 ft²
Build
14 months, planned
Status
In planning
Project
Pre-construction

An illustrative home. Its story shows the kind of work we do.

Site → drawing

Drawn around one long view.

The High Meadow site: a hillside meadow with a long view south to the Blue RidgeThe design · 2026The site · 2025

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Rendering: a stone-walled entrance courtyard
01

The arrival

A walled courtyard that keeps the view hidden until you step inside.

Rendering: a living room with one long window onto distant ridges
02

Living room

One long window, framing the ridge line to the south.

The challenges

What we’re solving now.

  • Problem

    A view to the south, and the summer sun that comes with it.

    Solution

    Deep roof overhangs, set from a sun study, shade the glass in summer and let the winter sun in.

  • Problem

    A long, steep drive for construction traffic.

    Solution

    A delivery plan agreed with the neighbours keeps loads small and off the lane at school times.

A sun-path study drawn over the site plan
Sun study, pre-construction
The project lead and the owners walking the meadow
Site walk with the owners
Rendering: a kitchen in morning sun with a door to a herb garden
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Kitchen

Set to catch the morning sun, with a door straight onto the herb garden.

Rendering: a stone terrace at the edge of a meadow
04

The terrace

A stone terrace that stops where the meadow begins.

The plan · 14 months

The plan

  1. Fit
  2. Pre-constructionNow
  3. Build
  4. Keys
  • The meadow in spring, before any work
    The site
  • Surveyors setting out the house on the slope
    Survey day
  • A card model of the house on the drawing table
    Model review
  • Stone, cedar and steel samples chosen for the house
    Samples

Pre-construction under way · Build planned for 10 months · Price fixed once the drawings are complete

The Hartleys looking out over the meadow
“We came with a view and a list of wishes. Every drawing since has made both clearer.”
Claire & Ben Hartley · Building from 2026
Best part so far
The sun study.
Surprised by
A fixed fee, credited back.
Next step
Signing the contract.

Materials

Stone · Cedar · Steel

  • StoneLocal stone for the base and terraces.
  • CedarCladding and soffits.
  • SteelWindow frames and balustrades.

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