Ty-Hedfan, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
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| Ty-Hedfan | |
| Designer | Featherstone Young |
| Location | Powys, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Date | to 2010 |
| Building Type | Large House |
| Climate | Mild Temperate |
| Context | Rural |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
| Builder | Osborne Builders |
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| Building Details | |
| Client | Jeremy Young & Sarah Featherstone |
| Area | 2,508 square feet |
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"Ty Hedfan, meaning ‘hovering house’, references the traditional Welsh long house form. The building cleverly avoids the planning constraints that restrict building near the neighbouring river, by cantilevering out over the site. The design uses a tall, striking and expressive nine metre tall dry-stone wall as the knuckle between the rectangular form of the main house and the bedroom wing, which is buried into the hillside under a green sedum roof. The best views come from the cantilevered living room where you feel that you are amongst the trees. The buried wing of the house has generous full-height glazing, and three rooflights permit daylight to permeate into the intriguingly detailed deeper parts." -- RIBA
