A design that starts with music and takes form through the desire to create spaces of gathering and performance arranged vertically. This is a home for a violinist, a home that stretches across three grade II listed weavers’ cottages as part of a cliff face terrace with stunning views across the town and the Wiltshire landscape.

Many years ago, one of the cottages burnt down, leaving a gap in the terrace and the remaining two cottages were then unsatisfactorily sub-divided. Our design re-inserts the missing tooth in the terrace, set back behind the one part of the elevation that survived the fire, creating an elevated, yet secluded lookout. This new volume, of local ashlar stone and riveted slate, heals and gathers as it weaves the house back into a single unified space. Into this new space a raw steel staircase is suspended over polished concrete to link the staggered levels of the dwelling. The stair rises against the backdrop of a black painted rear wall, a simple homage to the house that once was but burnt down. Into this wall warm birch plywood boxes are inserted to provide space for exhibition.