Surrey Homes | SH33 | July 2017 | Interiors supplement inside

Above: Marta’s son Lucas’s room has been designed with friends
staying in mind Right: The spare bedrooms
“It was supposed to be smooth and monolithic, but
these pock marks and craters appeared in it. Now I like
it, but at the time I wasn’t happy.” There is a definite
seaside or rockpool feel to the finish, but anyone would
think it had taken ages to deliberately get the effect.
An old wall dominates the view from a fantastic double
height window at this end of the building – a vista that
can be seen from the other end, as it is all one big space,
just divided into zones. A similar thing happens upstairs.
The old bricks continue to echo through the house,
giving little pointers to its origins, to the ancient town
and to each stage of change and regeneration. This is
clearly evident in Marta’s son Lucas’s room, which is at
the end of the original part of the building and features
an old wall that has been pared back to the brick of its
first incarnation – with remnants of the ancient paint still
clinging on in patches. Lucas’s room has been designed
to function as both a sleeping room – for him and his
friends, and also as a study or games room. This is achieved
through the ingenious use of partition doors that open
out, or give privacy, depending on requirements.
The master bedroom features an amazing triangular
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