Castlegate front elevation render

Developments Castlegate

Prestbury, Cheshire

Castlegate

  • 4 bedrooms
  • 5 bathrooms
  • 3 receptions
  • Now building

Overview

A house with two gables

A detached four-bedroom home in warm brick, with sandstone dressings and a natural slate roof. Two gables frame a full-height glazed entrance, so you can see straight through the hall to the garden.

Downstairs there's a kitchen with dining and living space, a formal lounge, a study, a pantry, a utility room, cloaks and a WC. Upstairs, the principal bedroom has a dressing room, an en-suite and a Juliet balcony, and each of the other three bedrooms has its own en-suite.

4Bedrooms
5Bathrooms, including the cloakroom
3Reception rooms
2Built-in nest boxes, for bats and sparrows

The build

From bare ground to handover

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Castlegate under construction An illustration of the house being built in six stages: setting out, groundworks, brickwork, roof, windows and doors, then landscaping. The finished front elevation of Castlegate
  1. 01

    Setting out

    Levels are checked on site and the footprint is pegged out against the approved drawings.

  2. 02

    Groundworks

    The foundations are dug and poured, services go in, and a damp-proof course is laid at ground-floor level.

  3. 03

    Superstructure

    The brickwork goes up one course at a time, with sandstone banding and capping where the drawings call for it.

  4. 04

    Roof

    The trusses go up first, then natural slate tiles, the chimney and PPC aluminium rainwater goods.

  5. 05

    Windows & doors

    Slim PPC aluminium frames are fitted with sandstone heads and cills, along with the full-height glazed entrance.

  6. 06

    Landscape & handover

    The scaffold comes down, the hedging goes in and the house is handed over, finished just as it was drawn.

Approved design

Four sides, one character

The walls are brick with sandstone capping, and the roof is slate with PPC aluminium rainwater goods. Every window and door has a PPC aluminium frame with sandstone heads and cills. A bat box and a sparrow box are built into the walls.

Castlegate, East (front) elevation
East (front) elevation

Interiors · room by room

Dark, warm and enveloping

Inside, the house is low-lit and tactile, finished in walnut, travertine, honed marble, olive velvet and unlacquered brass. Each room is built around one dramatic stone, with quieter materials around it.

Ground floor

Kitchen with dark walnut cabinetry, a veined marble island and olive velvet stools
Kitchen
Entrance hall with arched panelling, herringbone floor and a sweeping staircase
Entrance hall
Dining room with a walnut table, cream upholstered chairs and a drum pendant
Dining room
Study with built-in walnut shelving, a timber desk and abstract artwork
Study
Formal lounge with a marble coffee table, fireplace and lit alcove shelving
Formal lounge
Living room with an olive velvet corner sofa, fireplace and garden doors
Living room

First floor

Principal bedroom with a burgundy velvet bed, Juliet balcony and open doors to the en-suite with a freestanding bath
Principal bedroom
Dressing room lined with lit walnut wardrobes and a central upholstered bench, leading to the en-suite
Principal bedroom · dressing room
Panelled bedroom with an upholstered headboard, a ribbed glass pendant and a walnut desk by the window
Bedroom 1
Bedroom with panelled walls, a velvet headboard, burgundy accents and a candle chandelier
Bedroom 2
Bedroom with olive panelled walls, a fluted walnut headboard wall and brass pendant lights
Bedroom 3
En-suite with burgundy zellige tiles, a walk-in shower, checkerboard marble floor and walnut vanity
En-suite 1
En-suite with veined marble walls and floor, a walk-in shower and brass fittings
En-suite 3
En-suite in warm grey stone with a walk-in shower, walnut vanity and brass wall lights
En-suite 4

Back of house

Cloakroom WC with dark green panelling, marble basin and brass wall lights
WC
Cloaks room with walnut coat storage and shoe drawers
Cloaks
Pantry with lit open shelving, marble worktop and green cabinetry
Pantry
Utility room with green cabinetry, stacked laundry and a butler sink
Utility
01

Dark and enveloping

Colour goes on the walls, ceilings and joinery rather than on the cushions. The lighting stays low throughout.

02

Stone does the talking

Calacatta Viola, Rosso Levanto and honed travertine. Each room gets one dramatic stone, with quieter finishes around it.

03

Texture, not pattern

Fluted walnut, zellige, bouclé, reeded glass and heavy plaster, with almost no print anywhere.

04

Warm metal only

All the metalwork is unlacquered brass and bronze, left to patinate. There's no chrome and no matt black.

Palette

Eight colours, one house

Roughly 60% warm darks, 30% stone and plaster, and 10% accent. Each room uses oxblood or olive as its accent, never both.

  • Oxblood
  • Port
  • Walnut
  • Warm oak
  • Olive
  • Travertine
  • Plaster
  • Brass
60% warm darks 30% stone & plaster 10%

Floor plans

Designed from public to private

  • Entrance hall & stair
  • Kitchen, with dining & living
  • Formal lounge
  • Study
  • Pantry & utility
  • Cloaks & WC

Taken from the approved planning drawings (1:100). They're shown for illustration only and aren't to scale.

Proposed ground floor plan

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