An award-winning four-bedroom new-build in the Berkshire countryside has hit the market asking £2.25m. Designed by London-based architect Jake Edgley and completed in 2020, Split House has won several RIBA London awards, as well as ‘Best Contemporary-style Self Build’ from the Telegraph Homebuilding and Renovating Awards. It sits within deep lawns with a wide wraparound terrace that stretches towards established meadows and the Chilterns National Landscape beyond.

The house comprises two timber-clad barn-like structures, designed to complement the surrounding topography. They’re joined by a slanting glass double-height atrium, reached past a pivoting front door. One volume contains an open-plan living and dining area with exposed stone and brick walls, concrete floors and generous dimensions. A brick fireplace, fitted with a log-burner, faces the sitting room and backs onto an L-shaped birch kitchen with integrated appliances and a breakfast bar. An adjacent snug has the same white timber-clad walls as the dining area.

An oak-clad staircase in the atrium ascends to the first-floor bedrooms. The principal bedroom has a vertical window to the garden, a bank of built-in birch wardrobes and an en suite shower room. Two other bedrooms have built-in wardrobes and desks; all four have newly fitted carpet. The main bathroom is finished with a walk-in shower and bath, with sand-coloured tiles on the floor

Overhanging roofs evoke Californian case study homes and shade the terraces below, which flow easily from the main living spaces.

Split House is currently on the market with The Modern House.

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