All in Proportion Outdoor-House Design

A solid and substantial house with thick walls is an imposing structure that will always look best when set amongst gardens designed on a similar scale. The position offers spectacular sea views, but is also exceptionally windy.

All in Proportion Outdoor and exterior

The garden relies on hedges, ironwork fences and limestone walls for its form and structure. These also create the courtyards and give protection from the wind. A large courtyard opens off the main living areas, offering a sheltered, warm and sunny outdoor living space. Low hedges in several shades of green and gray, together with flowering plants, ensure the view from inside the house is onto a soothing green landscape, rather than the dazzling glare from the cream-colored concrete pavers.

All in Proportion Outdoor and exterior

All in Proportion Outdoor and exterior

Hedges join the house and courtyard to the pool. Hedges of Teucrium and Ceanothus Yankee Point soften the ironwork fences and limestone walls that line the perimeter of the pool area. Plantings of cascading species soften the limestone walls, and old railway sleepers form the steps down to the court and spectators’ grandstand.

All in Proportion Outdoor and exterior

All in Proportion Outdoor and exterior

All in Proportion Outdoor and exterior

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