Garton's Mill
BRIEF
The clients wanted the mill’s ruin to be the hero - preserved, celebrated, and lived around rather than built over. The brief called for a home that honoured the building’s 1780s origins while meeting the needs of modern family life: open, light-filled living spaces, and a clear distinction between what was original and what was new.
PROJECT INTRODUCTION
A derelict 1780s stone mill, reimagined as a family home. Rather than restore the ruin into pastiche, the design lets old and new sit side by side, structurally independent, visually distinct, but always in conversation. Industrial sash windows to the front nod to the mill’s working past; rectangular open glazing to the rear marks the new addition. A double-height stair void ties the two together, resolved down to the last junction and service run.
The result is a home that reads honestly as two moments in time, built with the same care it was drawn.
