{"id":7469,"date":"2026-04-30T10:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=7469"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:11:19","slug":"hollaway-studio-continues-story-of-dungeness-with-westview-cottage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/hollaway-studio-continues-story-of-dungeness-with-westview-cottage\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollaway Studio continues “story of Dungeness” with Westview Cottage"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Westview<\/div>\n

A monochrome palette of wood<\/a> and metal<\/a> marks out this low-lying house<\/a> in Britain’s only desert, designed by architecture practice Hollaway Studio<\/a> as an evolution of its dilapidated predecessor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named Westview Cottage, the home is located in Dungeness, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the coast of Kent with strict limitations on development.<\/p>\n

As with all new buildings in Dungeness, the home was required to closely follow the footprint and mass of the building that had stood there before.<\/p>\n

\"Westview
Hollaway Studio has completed Westview Cottage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to Hollaway Studio<\/a>, the original building was a 1940s house with a cramped, closed-off plan and numerous structural issues, which required it to be rebuilt in its entirety.<\/p>\n

To optimise the available space while meeting site restrictions, the studio designed the replacement to encompass both the footprint of the original home and its eight adjoining outbuildings and timber sheds.<\/p>\n

The final design reimagines the home as a series of open-plan living spaces that take advantage of its privileged position in Dungeness, maximising views of and access to the landscape, while introducing three spacious bedrooms.<\/p>\n

\"Monochrome
It is located in Dungeness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“We first met Tom and Yvette in the original property, sitting in a faceless living room with extremely low floor-to-ceiling height and no aspect or connection to the outside or concept of your location,” the studio told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“The existing property was a dilapidated dwelling with a main span dating back to circa 1940, suffering from asbestos, leaks and structural failure,” it continued.<\/p>\n

“In order to achieve Tom and Yvette’s brief and programme, we looked to incorporate the footprint of the connecting outbuildings into the body of the house and maximised the possibility of the existing form and volume.”<\/p>\n

\"Westview
The house replaces an existing 1940s home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Westview Cottage is not the studio’s first project in Dungeness. It joins Pobble House<\/a>, completed in 2014, and Windwhistle \u2013 a restoration of an old railway carriage dwelling that is in development.<\/p>\n

Hollaway studio said Westview Cottage builds on valuable lessons the studio learned from Pobble House about materiality when designing in Dungeness’s harsh environment.<\/p>\n

\"Dungeness
Hollaway Studio was required to follow the footprint of the original house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Pobble added a new approach to thinking about materiality, detailing and creating an object in an incredibly harsh environment that improves with age and as it weathers,” it explained.<\/p>\n

“We wanted to build on this legacy, looking for an architecture which will contribute to the story of Dungeness,” it continued. “We believe that architecture should be full of narrative coming from an understanding of place.”<\/p>\n

\"Westview
It is wrapped in white-stained wood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For Westview Cottage, the studio looked to local vernacular, including timber shacks and railway structures, to develop its material palette.<\/p>\n

It is finished externally with a mix of charred and white-coated timber, treated for durability, alongside corrugated metal and corten steel.<\/p>\n

\"Pared-back
The home maximises views of the landscape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This mix of materials helps the home read as a series of separate forms, playing on the ad-hoc appearance of the original dwelling and its outbuildings, which the client wanted to preserve.<\/p>\n

“Whilst they wanted us to create a modern internal open-plan family home, with good connectivity between the living spaces, they still enjoyed and wanted to maintain the ad-hoc nature of the existing property, its numerous adaptations, which really is very stereotypical of dwellings of this age in Dungeness,” the studio said.<\/p>\n