The major living space is conceived as a ‘hall’, around which the kitchen and bedrooms are all gathered under the vault of the roof. This dramatic dome-like space gives the house a strong centre from which to look out over the expanse of the Fenlands. The plan is compact, providing generous social spaces within a limited floor area.

The house has a faceted shape, higher towards the distant views to the north, and lower to the garden. The windows are of different sizes and appear randomly positioned, giving the house a strange scale and a naive quality akin to a child's drawing. The window openings are made with galvanised steel frames that cover the reveal of the brick wall, giving the brickwork the quality of a veneer, and making the walls seem sheer. The resulting volume takes its place within the simple and direct character of the buildings of the agricultural landscape.

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