With gabled pavilions – stitched together or held aloft by white, bagged-brick walls – this Marlborough house is an abstraction of the rural vernacular. It is a large house, but adroit planning gestures and careful orientation of forms has resulted in spaces of appropriate scale and a variety of areas in which natural light and shade is carefully controlled. Inside and out, the well-composed palette of natural timber and stone underscores the calm and tranquil atmosphere.