Projects | Alder & Stone
A contemporary two-storey house with white rendered walls, dark stone cladding, timber slats and full-height glazing.

Projects

Houses shaped by light and place.

Ten houses. One landscape.

Alder House stepped into a hillside above Devon farmland, with travertine walls, a slatted oak garage and evening sun across the elevation.

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Alder House, Dawlish

Completed 2023 · 340 m² · New build

Built into the slope above Dawlish, Alder House gives one room the sea view while the others face the valley and garden.

Oak meeting travertine at a shadow gap, Alder House.
The staircase at Alder House: solid oak treads cantilevered from a plastered wall.

The plan

Ground floor · 340 m²

Entrance hall at Alder House: a stone floor, a single bench, and daylight from a high slot.
Cliff House, Salcombe: a horizontal concrete and glass volume above the estuary in early morning light.

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Cliff House, Salcombe

Completed 2021 · 285 m² · New build

The single-storey house sits at the cliff edge. Its entrance sequence holds back the estuary view until the third room.

Terrace and lap pool at Cliff House, stone paving running to a level edge above the water.
A slim steel window reveal at Cliff House, glass meeting plaster without a visible frame.
Dining room at Cliff House: a long oak table, low pendant, evening light off the estuary.
“They spent time on the site before drawing anything. We did not understand why they held back the view at the entrance, but now the walk through the house is our favourite part.”
Helena Marsh, Cliff House
The Hay Barn, Totnes: a repaired stone barn with new timber doors, golden hour light across the yard.

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The Hay Barn, Totnes

Completed 2020 · 240 m² · Barn conversion

The barn’s stone shell was sound, so we repaired it and built the new house alongside. The two buildings share a yard and one long wall.

Before: the barn as found, weathered stone, broken cart doors hanging on rusted hinges, nettles at the threshold.
After: the same barn doorway, oak doors open onto the converted snug, stone fireplace lit within.
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After Before
Board-marked concrete: the grain of the shuttering timber left in the surface.
A single upholstered chair against a plastered wall at The Hay Barn.
“We asked them to convert the barn. They showed us that keeping it intact and building beside it would work better. They were right.”
Tom & Rebecca Aldridge, The Hay Barn
Exe Valley Longhouse: a long low roofline set into the field, morning mist lying in the valley behind.

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Exe Valley Longhouse

Completed 2024 · 410 m² · New build

The plan follows the field’s contours. Bedrooms face east for morning light; the kitchen faces west for evening sun.

Aerial view of the Longhouse: the roof reading as a single line drawn across hedgerow fields.
A bedroom at the Longhouse: linen bed, oak floor, first light through a full-height opening.
Linen, unglazed ceramic and stone on a windowsill at the Longhouse.
The gallery corridor at the Longhouse: a tall lit spine running the length of the plan.
Granite House, Dartmoor: a granite farmhouse with a concrete extension, evening light on the moor.

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Granite House, Dartmoor

Completed 2019 · 520 m² · Restoration & extension

We stripped back the Victorian granite farmhouse and added a board-marked concrete extension. A two-metre glazed slot separates old from new.

Devon granite, close: quartz and feldspar in a rough-split face.
Bathroom at Granite House: a textured stone wall and a cast basin on a rough concrete shelf, low sun raking across the render.
Teign Pavilion: a small glazed pavilion on stone piers above the river at dawn.

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Teign Pavilion

Completed 2022 · 110 m² · Retreat

The pavilion contains one room and a bathroom on stone piers above the river. A single stove heats it throughout the year.

The cantilevered corner of the pavilion, soffit in shadow above the water.
The library end of the pavilion: full-height shelving in oak, one chair, one lamp.
Dune House, Bantham: a low house set behind the dune line, marram grass in the foreground at golden hour.

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Dune House, Bantham

Completed 2023 · 265 m² · New build

We set the house behind the dune line, keeping its roof below the horizon. Salt-resistant oak replaces painted finishes throughout.

White-oiled oak, close: open grain and a soft matt surface.
The approach to Dune House across grass, the entrance reading as a shadow in the wall.
Courtyard House, Chagford: four wings around a walled court on the edge of the moor.

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Courtyard House, Chagford

Completed 2021 · 300 m² · New build

Four wings enclose a sheltered courtyard. In March, it is the warmest place on the site and the only outdoor space protected from the wind.

Living room at Courtyard House: low linen seating, stone hearth, late sun on an oak floor.
Linen bouclé, close: an undyed loose weave.
Mill House across the meadow, with a two-storey sandstone mill, slate roof, glazed extension and the mill leat running along the front.

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Mill House, Otterton

Completed 2022 · 350 m² · Restoration & extension

The mill leat still runs beneath the floor. We glazed over the channel and placed the kitchen beside it, keeping the moving water visible.

Before restoration, the mill room had bare stone walls, crumbling plaster, a broken floor and rubble in the open leat channel.
After restoration, the room has repointed stone, a glazed leat with water running beneath and a new kitchen beside it.
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After Before
Copse Retreat, Woodbury: a small house among beech trunks, morning light through the canopy.

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Copse Retreat, Woodbury

Completed 2025 · 190 m² · Retreat

We designed the house around the existing beech trees, so none had to be felled. Every window frames a trunk or the canopy.

The snug at Copse Retreat: a travertine fireplace lit at dusk, with a linen sofa and wool throw drawn up to the hearth.
The kitchen at Copse Retreat: a solid travertine island with a pale oak run behind, morning sun across the stone.
“Nothing feels showy, and everything has worn well. Five years on, the house still feels carefully made.”
Dr. Anwen Pryce, Copse Retreat
Sunlight falling in broad diagonal bands across a plastered wall, beside a flight of cantilevered timber treads.

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