
Are we flagging? Yes... in a good way! - here's the threshold to the garage - same flags as the patio. They're still wet in places after pointing , hence the darker bits, but they splendidly pick up the zinc cladding and soffit colours - almost like it was deliberate...
Fence started, gate to follow.
Left is the main living room with the kitchen island and sitting area; while to the right is a very strange picture that seems to show I am only as tall as three steps on the staircase. The balustrade was supposed to be fitted today but the fitter apparently went off sick so it's now due Monday.
Now for your bit. The house needs a name; we aren't sure what to call it. We've abandoned Walnut Tree House due to the excessive number in the village already (although no visible Walnut by any of them). We're on the historic Norman Court estate, as per Domesday Book, but there's no real record of anything of interest where we're building - the previous house was possibly the first on this plot. And I bet nobody ever called a nice new house 'The Old Bungalow'... There have been various suggestions, some rather less helpful than others - NO we are not going to call it Sparrows' Nest - but we're looking at a shortlist of three:
Rookery House - if you've been here, you'll know why: the rooks are a major feature of the location, cawing away in the trees on the ridge in their hundreds. I love them although that may change if they start to eat my veg.
Solstice House - we will be moving in around the Solstice, and if that's not cause for pagan celebration, I don't know what is - and with Stonehenge, Woodhenge etc all very close by, it's regionally appropriate - and it's a particularly pleasing word.
Cumulus House - the obvious gliding connection means that this would be bringing a bit of our own history to the area, and the shape with the gables and different roof-heights makes it look (well, ish!) like a multi-celled Cu building nicely...
There are a lot of Rookery Houses in the country, but not many Solstice or Cumulus Houses. And oddly neither of the two Cumulus Houses belongs to a glider pilot... So, what do you think?
Cumulus House, surely! That way I won't need to rename it when I buy it off you! James
ReplyDeleteI think Cumulus House is too simple. "Alto Cumuls Lenticulus House" or just "Lenticulus" is better. And Lenticulus is such a lovely word and such fun to fly and watch.
ReplyDeleteHow about "Cloud Nine"? A gratuitous suggestion from the House of Blurb
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