Surrey Homes | SH97 | February 2023 | Education Supplement inside

This page: Doors on the landing open up
to reveal Camilla’s cosy office/den with
inviting deep burgundy sofa and plenty of
greenery from The Glasshouse in Cranbrook
he didn’t laugh when I said I wanted
two kitchens!” In fact, Camilla’s second
kitchen, artfully secreted around a
beautifully crafted floating partition set
apart from the main family kitchen, seems
completely logical. “I needed to continue
to run my nutrition business from home,”
she explains. “What worked so well in
the pump house had been the face-toface
groups and although I often have
my clients sitting around the main family
kitchen, I needed a ‘backstage’ area.” The
second kitchen, which has a completely
different atmosphere from the main family
kitchen, is where Camilla prepares plates
of food and ingredients that she whisks
out for her clients. “I needed somewhere
where all my seeds, nuts and powders
could be stored away, separate from family
life, so I can keep both areas working
seamlessly and yet simultaneously.”
The house itself is a masterpiece
of modern family living and it is no
surprise that is has been entered for
several prestigious architectural awards.
Constructed from glass and steel with
Siberian larch wood panelling and
movable slatted blinds – that open and
close at the push of a button – it is an
upside-down house, designed to make
the most of its steep hillside position,
offering sweeping views over the sculptural
Goudhurst countryside that drops
off beneath it. However, just like the
exterior – which uses natural materials to
counterbalance any austerity of the glass
and steel – the interior too incorporates
nature throughout its design, from the
wooden floors and extensive joinery
to the profusion of houseplants.
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