Status | Completed Spring 2025

The Watch house is an historic Grade 2 listed property on the coast near Rye & Camber Sands. Construction of a new studio/bedroom annexe required a re-imagining of the garden to bring it back to life and integrate it with the house.

The design takes its inspiration from the shingle dunes and rugged wind-shaped plants of the nearby nature reserve. Contrasting undulating topography with crisp modernist terraces that provide flexible entertainment and relaxation spaces for the clients.

Wide planks of black painted fencing and other detailing created for the garden pay homage to the local fishing aesthetic that forms part of the history of the property as well as screening from wind. Waves of pruned evergreen shrub planting provide screening and depth to the space and create a dramatic contrast to the transparency of grasses and blocks of long flowering herbaceous plants that create an extended period of interest throughout the year.

Architect | England architecture

Photography | Nicholas Morton © Copyright