HeadlandHouse.
One long room facing west, built along a single wall of laterite, with its last twelve metres standing out over the water.
You arriveat a wall.
From the land side the house is one plane of red stone, 45 metres long, with a single opening.
Stand in that opening and you see straight through the house to the horizon. The wall keeps the lane, the weather and the afternoon sun behind you.
One room deep,end to end.
Every room opens to the west and backs onto the wall. Nothing in the house is more than nine metres from the sea side.
The west sideis left open.
The glass slides away completely, so the living room runs onto the verandah and then to the water.
Floors are polished concrete, the ceiling keeps the grain of the boards it was cast against, and the wall behind you is the same stone as outside.
Two plotson the cliff.
The Headland House is built only where the rock allows a cantilever. That is two places on the estate.