The owners of this hundred acre estate, complete with stream, ponds, fields, orchards, horse barns and stone farmhouse, chose to maintain the property as a working farm while converting the residential components from primarily weekend use to full-time occupancy. P+FC designed a teahouse for the pond and situated the structure precariously at the edge of a small island. Basic materials and connections understate a complex bracketed cantilever used to extend a simple folded plane of cedar roof shingles over a raised wood platform. The platform edge is set knee high above the pond surface for dipping toes and sliding cedar screens are positioned on two sides for protection from excessive sun and breezes. Subsequent commissions from the owner have included a 5,000 SF two-story addition to the original stone house and assistance in the design and implementation of a full landscape plan for the entire estate.
New Jersey Rural Farmhouse
Tewksbury,
NJ
