Trish House's clean, monochromatic approach is a bold example of contemporary clapboard in a rural location
A dramatic floating staircase with glass balustrades rises from the house's expansive open plan reception room
Five bedrooms and a study are located upstairs, all benefiting from irregularly shaped floor-to-ceiling windows that create feature walls within
The window's cut through lines on the ground and upper storeys mimic the angle and rake of the trees that surround the site
In the modernist kitchen the rich quality of natural light is accentuated by simple fittings and plain wooden floors
Surfaces are as paired back as possible; matt white contrasting with the sheen of the kitchen's chrome appliances and stove top
The kitchen opens up with floor-to-ceiling doors that take the living space outside
Throughout the property Heywood has wrung a new approach out of the classic modernist box, twisting form to reflect context without compromising space or quality
The angular façade, slashed windows and stark colour schemes of the Trish House could never be mistaken for a traditional Kentish 'black and white house' (named for the juxtaposition of black beams and white render), even though the façade is clad in black and white weatherboarded panels
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