North Hampshire Downs, England

Two cottages and an old school hall — 250 years in the making — now reunited and renewed as a rustic family home in the North Hampshire Downs. Church View is a pastoral retreat in the British countryside — a composition by VOZA Developments that binds old and new with quiet conviction. A bespoke oak kitchen with a marble worktop sits alongside a vintage Belgian unit, original boards underfoot, a reclaimed Iroko worktop and a Belfast sink; the layering of reclaimed finishes and time-earned materials gives the room its character. The result is a space with texture, heritage and warmth — a calm, lived-in elegance that could only be achieved through age, restraint and thoughtful assembly.