BOX 9 Reimagines a Georgian Manor With Circular Craft Interventions

"The challenge of reimagining a Grade I listed Palladian manor as contemporary hospitality lies not in imposing newness but in calibrating restraint. When it comes to Denton Reserve, John Carr's 1778 North Yorkshire structure had accumulated decades of ornamental layering - the kind of decorative accretion that obscures rather than honors Georgian architectural logic. BOX 9's intervention operates through subtraction and strategic insertion, working within heritage constraints that prohibited fixed partitions or built-in elements."

"This approach grounds itself in a material palette derived explicitly from Yorkshire Dales geography - soil, stone, heather, moorland moss translated into pigment, and texture. The heather chandelier by Studio Amos exemplifies this localized sourcing, moor-harvested material woven into structural lighting that registers both as craft object and environmental model. Similarly, the reception table pairs British oak with sculptural cork spheres, a collaboration with Ted Jefferis that features cork as the project's material protagonist."

"Leleni Studio's living room table assembles entirely from marble industry waste offcuts, demonstrating how remnant materials can anchor spatial compositions when treated as primary rather than compromised choices. Jan Hendzel Studio's games room intervention goes further by cutting down an original marquetry boardroom table to circular form, adding hand-turned legs and inlaying playing cards as marquetry detail. Throughout the guest rooms, solid wool furniture by Jason Posnot's Or This Studio positions work surfaces toward moorland views and grazing sheep, framing stillness as programmed"

Denton Reserve's 1778 Palladian manor had accumulated ornamental layers that obscured Georgian architectural logic. BOX 9 intervened through subtraction and strategic insertion, constrained by heritage rules forbidding fixed partitions or built-in elements. Bathrooms and furniture were designed as sculptural, freestanding objects that inhabit original spaces, preserving sightlines while adding function. The material palette drew from Yorkshire Dales: soil, stone, heather and moorland moss informed pigments and textures. Studio Amos produced a heather chandelier; a reception table paired British oak with sculptural cork spheres by Ted Jefferis; Leleni Studio used marble offcuts; Jan Hendzel adapted marquetry. Solid wool furniture frames moorland views and programmed stillness.

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