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Ashraya Aldbury, Hertfordshire




Ashraya is a ground-breaking low-carbon house that nestles into the surrounding gently rolling landscape and connects with a historic English walled garden. This long straight historic flint wall is extended to swirl around the new courtyards, as well as over and above the arched roof, expressing a joyous and calligraphic form of engagement with the environment, reminiscent of 1960s land art.

The design of Ashraya satisfies Paragraph 80 (previously Paragraph 55 and subsequently Paragraph 79) of the National Planning Policy Framework, permitting construction of standalone rural houses if the design ‘is of exceptional quality’ and whose effect is to ‘significantly enhance its immediate setting and be sensitive to the defining characteristics of the local area.’

 The three-level building is sheltered beneath an arch covered with grassy meadow and opens onto new courtyards both sides, that both reduce visual impact and maximise solar resources. Ashraya pushes at the limits of construction and low carbon technology, and is a unique piece of rural architecture that is harmoniously at balance with its surrounding landscape and ecology.  

Ashraya Website






Project Name: Ashraya 
Location: Aldbury, Hertfordshire 
Site Area: 1.1 ha 
Gross Floor Area (House): 589 m2 
Value: Confidential 
Environmental Rating: Ultra-low carbon 
Project Period: March 2015 to 2022

Project Credits 

Architect: Kirkland Fraser Moor Architects 
Client: Private
Project Manager: Trunk Low Energy Building 
Contractor: Husker 
Structural Engineer: Structure Workshop 
Landscape Architect: Bowles and Wyre 
Building Services & Passivhaus Consultant: Green Gauge Building Energy + Aura 
Low-Carbon Energy Systems: Aura 
Electrical Engineer: Aura 
Civil Engineer: Genever & Partners 
Building Inspectors: Wilkinson 
Ecology: MKEcology 

Photography: Edmund Sumner 

For more on Ashraya House visit the website:  Ashraya
Kirkland Fraser Moor Architects           Tel: 01442 864 673 Email: mail@k-f-m.com
 8-12 Clarence Rd Depot, Clarence Rd. HP4 3AS