James Rooney Architect

Private House on the Shores of Carlingford Lough

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Newel post at basement level

Upward view from lower stairway

Rear elevation

Front entrance

front elevation

Aerial view

Selected images

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Glass floor/bay, master bedroom

Main upper terrace

Entrance gate

Stepped eaves

Railing above sea wall

External view of stained glass

Stained Glass Screens

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Inner screen

Circular floor panel

Window in hall

Balustrade feature

Pantry screen

Detail of screen to ensuite

Interior Details

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Front door detail & moulded surround

Internal double doors

Glazed landing feature

Glass block screen

Feature fireplace

Glass floor panel/ pool

External Bays Details

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Upper cable support bracket

Glass floor panel from below

Glass floor panel interior view

Glazed bays

Lower cable connections

Cable support to 3 storey bay

No Ordinary Stairway

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As this project interior evolved it was decided to explore early 20^th century design themes.

The art noveau style seemed best suited to the stairway offering an opportunity to give greater expression to the proposed curved walls and landings.

A contorted newel post feature marks the beginning of the stairs at basement level and from this level the darkly stained, hardwood handrail spirals up to the ground floor curling around the outer steel columns.

The vertical balustrading has been punctuated at regular intervals with clusters of leaf shaped motifs in wrought iron and stained glass.

At the brightly lit top landing the stairway connects with a semicircular curved glass walk way that carries out across the entire hallway.

Cantilevered brackets provide support to the handrail and help to articulate to the upper landing as it carries round to the master bedroom suite.

The reflected light from the white polished plaster finish to the strings and soffit of the concrete stairs helps to lighten these robust elements and set them apart from the top lit hallway enclosure that surrounds it.

The subtle use of colour and curving motifs in the external stained glass offer a level of richness and warmth to the outer walls providing both an inward focus and a refreshingly artistic view of the landscape beyond.

A circular floor panel with integral stained glass has been sunken into the ground floor landing to throw additional light down into the basement below. This circular feature has also been echoed at ceiling level at the top of the stairs.