Rennovate and rethink the interior of this unique 1980s passive-solar house set in the most wonderful walled garden. The 1980s passive solar houses experimented with utilising solar gain in the curved conservatory area to heat the rest of the house. Here warm area was ment to be extracted at the top of the space, for it to be recirculated in underfloor clay ducts, but it was drafty and like most conservatories too hot in summer and too cold in winter.

Internally, although open-plan the indent in the glazing to form a double height screen broke up a series of spaces that felt disconnected. Of course the original softwood glazing was also at the end of its life and the whole house due an overhaul and new appearance.