On the edge of Pott Shrigley in the Peak District National Park, Dingleside is a new home that sits quietly within its sloping, wooded site.
From Shrigley Road, passers-by see little more than a series of drystone spine walls. Behind them, the main body of the house turns towards the woodland garden, screened from view and from road noise.
At the back, a heavy stone base holds the lower floors, with a lightweight upper “pod” clad in dark standing-seam metal, a modern take on traditional lead. The cladding panels vary in width, which gives the façade a more natural, irregular rhythm.
Inside, the main living space opens onto the garden. Framed windows here and in the principal bedroom look down the valley.
