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New development: two brick-and-flint bungalows.

A new development of two homes on a plot in Norfolk, built from the bare ground up: brick and flint, pantile roofs, walled courtyards and a shared gateway.

Two new brick-and-flint bungalows behind flint-panelled walls, from the air
Type
New development, two bungalows
Structure
Brick and flint cobbles
Roof
Pantiles, hipped, roof windows
External
Flint walls, drive, courtyards

The brief was a new development of two detached bungalows that looked as if they belonged next to the older house they sit behind. We matched the brick and used flint cobbles in panels on the elevations and boundary walls, with cast stone copings and a central gateway between the two plots.

Both homes were new builds by our own team from the groundworks up: footings and slabs, cavity blockwork and flint cobble panels, hipped pantile roofs with roof windows, chimneys, and the long run of brick-and-flint boundary wall that frames the site.

Outside, we laid the gravel drive and turning circle, the paved paths and the stone courtyards between the buildings. The gardens, decking, sunken seating and planting were designed and built by our sister company, Reclaimed Earth.

How it was built

From bare plot to finished homes.

The same team took the site from first dig to handover.

The cleared plot with a digger, before groundworks
01 Site Plot cleared, levels set out and the drive route stripped.
Footing trenches dug to the engineer's depth
02 Footings Trenches dug and poured to the engineer's design, drainage runs laid.
Concrete slab with brick edge, the country house behind
03 Slab Insulated ground-floor slabs with the brick plinth set out.
Brickwork rising from the slab
04 Brickwork Cavity walls up from the slab, matching the brick of the main house.
A flint cobble panel being built into the wall
05 Flintwork Flint cobble panels built in by hand, bedded course by course.
Brick and flint walls at full height on scaffold
06 Walls up Elevations to wall-plate height, openings formed, ready for the roof.
Cut timber roof being built with the folly behind
07 Roof structure Cut hipped roofs built on site in timber.
Insulation boards fitted over the rafters
08 Insulation Warm-roof insulation over the rafters, then membrane and battens.
Pantiles being laid on the hipped roof
09 Tiling Pantiles laid with hip and ridge detail to match the main house.
Brick fireplace chamber built inside
10 Fireplace Brick chambers and chimneys built ready for the stoves.
Liquid screed floor poured inside
11 Screed Liquid screed over underfloor heating, then plastering and finishes.
The finished walls and gravel drive from ground level
12 Finished Walls, gateway, lawns and gravel drive complete.

Gallery

The finished homes

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