Hocker Farm is a stone cottage designed by Scott Donald in Longnor, Buxton, within The Peak District National Park. As such, any development had to be in-keeping with the local context, which entirely formed the external appearance of the extension. Photography by Andrew Haslam.

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The brief was to extend the existing cottage to accommodate extra living and bedroom space. Constrained in size by the original garage footprint, the challenge was creating the extra rooms within a relatively small volume of space. Considered floor and roof structure, a ‘space-saving’ stair and an open-plan approach enabled the brief to be met.

The internal spaces, free from planning constraints, were designed to be light, clean and contemporary and to contrast from the ‘cosy’ spaces of the original cottage. A glass-to-glass ridge rooflight serves to flood light to en-suite, stair and hall under. As the bedroom and en-suite space was open-plan with no door or walls to contain, we customised a black-out blind for the large rooflight. . Given there is no ridge frame to the rooflight, we designed the blind to roll out from below to meet at the apex and maintain the minimal aesthetic of the douglas fir flitch rafters and glass slipping over.

All interior design, lighting and furniture specification / design by Scott Donald Architecture.