Grange Pool House, Keston, Cambridgeshire

Our proposal for an extensive pool house and gym explores the balance between traditional and modern forms. The client sought a building that fit in with the existing house and separate garage while creating a backdrop for extensive landscaped gardens.

The scheme includes a series of internal and external pools, a spa, fitness studio and entertainment room. Our approach was to organise these spaces in an L shaped formation, that is sited between the traditional styled multi-car garage and main house. An extensive traditional stone wall faces these existing buildings while opening itself towards a proposed extensive landscaped garden. An expansive gable roof spans across the pool house end while a low flat green roof encourages views over the fitness volume from the main house. 

A considered approach was taken to the material palette, mixing traditional materials of stone, timber and large expanses of sliding screens of glass and timber to connect the building to its context and the new landscape surround.