A large new country house near Bath, of a design and quality that enhances its setting, contributes positively to the environment and is built to last for generations. Set in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Green Belt, the house replaces a dilapidated farmhouse and agricultural buildings. This new family home for a private client combines traditional materials and detailing with a low energy strategy that includes biomass boiler, solar-thermal, wind turbine, heat recovery, high thermal mass and high levels of insulation. The house is on three levels comprising the main house and a secondary ‘wing’ that steps down the hillside to the north. The materials include locally sourced fine ashlar stone walls, natural limestone roof tiles and high quality joinery. The landscape design includes extensive tree planting, water features and outbuildings responding to the visual, environmental and ecological context, as well as to the client’s brief. It contributes to the local landscape character of isolated farmsteads, copses and hedgerows with drystone walls and park railings defining fields, woods and gardens.