The Enchanted Cottage
Merit Award // Excellence in Architectural Design, Residential
Architect // Christopher P. Williams Architects, PLLC
GC // White House Construction
Structural Engineer // Omega Structural Engineering
Electrical Engineer // Frase Electric
Custom Woodwork // Thurston Millworks
Kitchen Designer // Village Kitchens
Landscape Architect // Scott Burns Landscape
Jury Comments
This project has idiosyncrasies to it that feel intentional and really home-like and personal. The name, “Enchanted Cottage” is realty apt. It feels like it has had a lot of love lavished on it in a very connected and personalized way. Sometimes, as designers, we are the midwives of our clients’ aspirations and to create that in a loving, detailed way is great. The whimsy of the front door is charming. It is intimate. The openings around it are very well proportioned. It sits well in the façade and in the rest of the composition. It feels personal and lighthearted.
Description
The Enchanted Cottage is a historic camp on Newfound Lake that provides the owner with all of the modern conveniences of 21st Century living and still maintains the timeless character of a quintessential early 1900’s NH lakefront camp. Comprised of entirely new construction, the design of the new camp builds on the vernacular of the smaller single story camp that was original to the site. The second level of the new camp adds a bedroom, a bathroom, an entertainment nook and a window that frames a view of the mountains. Exposed reclaimed rafters and a towering natural stone fireplace help bring friends and family back to a turn of the century way of life that has long been lost. At the same time, a modern heating system and super-insulated building envelope are a much appreciated modern convenience. The landscape consists of native plants and stonework that echo the natural landscape.
