Surrey Homes | SH110 | March 2024 | Kitchen & Bathroom Supplement inside

The Priceless Education Supplement
Inglis Hall, The Kitchen Maker take us on a tour around one of their favourite
projects: a kitchen that is about as quintessentially Wealden as it gets
This is not about
a brand new
kitchen. Of
course, the
day of completion and
handover when everything
is pristine is a thrill. But
the real quiet joy is in the
longer term. Life, and
use, impart a precious and
extremely difficult to define
softness on a well-made
kitchen. The odd knock.
When a client requests an
industrial dishwasher as a
critical feature we recognise
a kindred thinker and know
an extraordinary project is
underway.
This kitchen is composed in
reference to the Capability
Brown belief system of
colour, texture, proportion
and vista – the gardening
great reputedly designed
and laid the gardens here!
“Early conversations with the client
quickly revealed that the kitchen
would not be... bound by tradition.”
The subtle wear to an edge.
A warm resonance of the
time that has been happily
spent in the kitchen. The
delight of meals cooked and
eaten together.
This kitchen is now in its
second year of life. And it’s
a kitchen that gets used a
great deal by its owners.
Plus the location is pretty
special. Horsted Keynes has
to be a contender for the
quintessential Sussex village.
The county is defined
perfectly by this place.
Bucolic charm aplenty
amidst the undulating roll
of the High Weald.
This is a ravishingly
beautiful house set in an
exquisite landscape nestled
in a glorious English village.
Early conversations with
the client quickly revealed
that the kitchen would
not be a project
politely bound
by tradition.
The La Cornue Chateau
range is a suitable altar to
the ceremony of cooking.
Detail is to be savoured
everywhere. Burnished
brass and hand sawn oak.
Serious cooking, even in
a perfect kitchen, is hard
work. So naturally there’s a
sumptuous daybed to enjoy
a quick breather and bask
in the dappled soft sunlight
that pours through the
leaded windows.
A generous walk in pantry
– concealed within an
inglenook chimney – is
lined with 2 inch thick
stone for the purpose of
cooling. This is the beauty
of design that thinks
differently. This is the result
of working with confident
clients who enjoy creativity.
Maybe we should return
every year to see the kitchen
mature with grace.
It’s hardly a chore!
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