THE KNOWLEDGE
CASUAL DINING Although built on a budget the interiors of the house are anything but shabby. The modern shakerstyle kitchen (from Handmade Kitchens of Christchurch) has been split into three dynamic sections which help to make the space feel relaxed, as well as practical.
WORKING WITH FLINTS
Used in southern and eastern England since Roman times, flint is a fine-grained silica that is hard and impervious — hence its enduring popularity as a material for walls, buildings and even pathways. For this project, Alan used flint as a decorative finish onto the brick backing on both the front and rear elevations. The flint came already ‘knapped’ — the irregular nodules were split by hand into workable pieces to reveal the beauty of the sedimentary rock. In this case, the flints have a dark face and white crust that is typical of the flint extracted from chalk pits.