The Outdated Chapel appeared further like a model new conference center when Tuckey Design Studio was known as in to therapy points. Located on the South Devon coast in an House of Glorious Pure Magnificence, the stone church dates from the first half of the 20th century and had been reworked into residing quarters inside the 197os and extra labored on inside the Nineties. The Tuckey crew’s analysis of the interventions: “the majority held no historic or architectural value.”
Specialists in delicate, intelligent updates of earlier buildings, the London construction company made it their mission to reinstate “the distinctive character of the chapel,” a approach of awe included. There’s now a hovering nave that serves as the first residing space, Gothic house home windows, and a misty coastal palette borrowed from a J.M.W. Turner seascape.
The rework was moreover designed to operate residing quarters for householders Tara and Jeremy Bowles, who bought the property as a visit place for his or her family, solely to resolve to make it their full-time dwelling. Be a part of us for a tour of their exalted dwelling (and scroll to the tip to see the bottom plans).
Photos by James Brittain, courtesy of Tuckey Design Studio.
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For comparable oak benches, see One different Nation.