Forest House

Interior view of a kitchen and dining area with a wooden dining table, four chairs, a bowl of tomatoes, a brick chimney, hanging industrial-style lights, and large windows allowing natural light.
A house with brick walls and large front windows surrounded by trees. The house has a steep roof with a chimney, and warm interior lighting is visible through the windows.

From the outset, Liz showed an empathy with us as clients, intuitively identifying what we wanted and an empathy with our turn of the 19th century cottage. She knew what we were thinking before we expressed it. 

Liz can work with everyone, with tangible professionalism, evident knowledge and quiet assurance, building trust with the planners, the builder, the clients. Always available for telephone calls, zoom conference to both client and builder, she managed the long distance relationship as if she was here all the time.

Malcolm and Maureen Boyland

A new vaulted kitchen space is added to an existing red brick cottage in the Ashdown Forest, Sussex. The new kitchen offers views out to the nearby church spire, a majestic oak tree in the adjacent woodland, and the cottage’s garden. Oak flitch beams support a double height vaulted ceiling and a larch-lined porch overlooking the oak tree.

A brick house with a garden, bare trees, and blue sky with scattered clouds.
Interior view of a staircase with brick wall and wooden beam, metal handrail, and ceiling spotlight.
A bright, modern kitchen and dining area with large windows, a brick chimney, hanging pendant lights, a gray kitchen sink, and a wooden dining table with chairs.
A brick house with a gabled roof illuminated by lights at dusk, surrounded by trees and a lawn.
Bright room with large windows and skylights, wood frame window and door, potted plants, decorated vases, brick floor, outdoor garden visible through the windows, wooden chair with cushion and blanket.
A kitchen with a high ceiling, a skylight, and a triangular window that shows trees outside. There are hanging pendant lights, a wooden dining table with matching chairs, and a blue cabinet with drawers and a countertop.
A residential house with a brick exterior, large windows, and a sloped roof. The backyard has a variety of potted plants, trees, and a wooden deck, under a clear blue sky.
A brick house with a steep gabled roof under a blue evening sky, illuminated from inside, with trees surrounding the house.
Close-up of a wooden railing or beam with a light-colored wall and a geometric window casting light in the background.
A cozy kitchen and dining area with a table set with a bowl of tomatoes, surrounded by wooden chairs, and large windows by the corner letting in natural light. There are exposed brick and wooden beams, modern pendant lights hanging from the ceiling,
A house under construction seen through trees with a large window at the top and a door at the bottom, both with yellow lighting, with a brick wall on the house exterior and a chimney on the roof.
A house under construction with a brick exterior, large front window, and exposed wooden framing on the upper part. The front door is wooden, with lights turned on inside, illuminating the interior. The house has a pitched roof and is situated in a y
A brick house with lit windows and a backyard garden during twilight with a visible moon and leafless large trees in the background.
A house with lit windows is viewed at dusk, with trees and a full moon in the night sky.

Photography by Matthew Smith Architectural Photography