Oak Timber Frame

Mr & Mrs Pink, Snowdonia National Park | 2015

Set in several acres of the Snowdonia National Park this historic mill is nestled in the embrace of a babbling brook that leads down to the Dysinni River and out to sea. The unique beauty of the site lent itself to borrowing shapes and structures from the natural site to transmit into the architecture. Hence the faceted and curved corners where the river wraps around.

The beautiful oak tree standing tall on the opposite bank is framed in the glass gable; the babbling brook framed in the large glass panel adjacent. Contemporary in design, the building also embraces elements of the local vernacular in the closed eave detailing and dry stonework.

As well as extensively refurbishing the existing property, the house has been structurally modified to improve internal zoning and circulation and to allow the expanded kitchen to benefit from the new views south and upstream.

Contractor Ian Sneade and his capable team completed the works in early 2015.