STORY -
AN 18TH CENTURY STONE MANOR BECOMES AN UNEXPECTED SPECIAL EVENT SPACE | GODERICH, ON
CONCEPT -
UTILIZING A MONOCHROMATIC COLOUR SCHEME AND TACTILE MATERIALS, THE SPACE PAYS HOMAGE TO THE MOON, THE ONLY RESPITE IN THE DARK AND SECLUDED LANDSCAPE
BOLD, SWEEPING ARCHES AND AN EXTRUDED BARREL CEILING WERE INTRODUCED INTO THE OTHERWISE FORMAL PLAN TO FURTHER EMPHASIZE THE NARRATIVE OF THE MOON AND THE PATH IT TRAVELS THROUGHOUT ITS PHASES
LIMEWASHED WALLS LEND A TEXTURE THAT IS UNMISTAKABLY REMINISCENT OF HOW OUR NAKED EYE PERCEIVES THE MOON’S SURFACE. IN OPPOSING ROOMS, THE HIGHLY CONTRASTING COLOURS MIMIC THE DARK SIDE
A TIERED COMPOSITION OF MOULDINGS WERE ADDED ALONG THE CEILING LINE, TO NOD BACK TO THE ORIGINAL HISTORY OF THE HOUSE. CONCEALED LIGHTING EMPHASIZES THE CURVE OF THE UPPER CROWN AND FURTHER HIGHLIGHTS THE SOFT MOVEMENT OF THE LIMEWASH
AN UNEXPECTED CENTRAL SHOWER, ORIGINAL MARBLE FIREPLACE AND LIMEWASHED WALLS PROVIDES AN UNDERSTATED SENSE OF LUXURY IN THE SHOW-STOPPING BATHROOM. THE MARBLE VANITY, SCONCES, DRAPERY AND TUFTED VELVET OTTOMAN – ALL CUSTOM DESIGNED FOR THE MANOR - CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT LAYERED WITH TEXTURE AND A DISTINCTLY UN-BATHROOM-LIKE ENVIRONMENT
PRECIOUS ONYX SLABS WERE BROKEN BY HAND AND LAYERED FOR AN UNEXPECTED BACKSPLASH THAT ADDS A BEAUTIFUL AND RUGGED TEXTURE, NOT DISSIMILAR TO THE ROCKY TERRAIN OF THE MOON
THE SINUOUS AND SCULPTURAL STAIRCASE WITH RIBBON-LIKE RAILINGS GROUNDS THE KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM, WHILE ADDING A SENSE OF SOFTNESS THAT OFFSETS THE CLEAN LINES OF THE SPECIALTY KITCHEN
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NIAMH BARRY