Suffield Lodge, Norfolk
This project in Norfolk blends interior decoration fitting for a house as well as the needs of a hotel setting. Suffield Lodge builds on the style of the nearby Gunton Arms whilst being sensitive to the history and nuances of the estate's traditional lodge building.
A thatched cottage on the estate at Gunton in Norfolk, England provided a charming opportunity to develop a Robert Kime interior in a four bedroom getaway cottage that was designed in harmony with our ongoing design work at The Gunton Arms. The house sits several kilometres away from The Gunton Arms along a lightly travelled path suitable for passage by foot, car or bicycle.
A project that combines both interior decoration suitable for a house and the inherent needs of the hotel setting. Suffield Lodge builds on the decorative style at nearby The Gunton Arms, a pub with bedrooms brought back to life by art dealer Ivor Braka. The public spaces and bedrooms at The Gunton Arms are all designed by Robert Kime and team, mixing Kime’s signature style with Braka’s extensive art collection and the directive was the same at Suffield Lodge, to blend the design sensibility and comforts of a house with a sensitivity to the historic nature of the traditional lodge building.
A four bedroom house as part of the offering of The Gunton Arms in Norfolk was a year-long project that began with thoughtful restoration of the lodge, which originally had served as a gate house for the larger estate. Made of flint with a thatched roof, the building sits, in part, under the shade of a large tree, looking out into a sunny garden. The design for the interior decor takes advantage of the bright light through the windows in a double height sitting room with hand finished paintwork, but it needed to embrace the cosiness too. Upstairs bedrooms set under the eaves are wallpapered giving a sense of order to the architecture whilst antique benches and chairs are used to advantage creating quiet areas and a balance from room to room. It was a goal in the project that guests staying at the property would feel both a comfortable, collected atmosphere, like staying at a friend’s house, filled with layered furnishings and a thoughtful palette.
A four bedroom house as part of the offering of The Gunton Arms in Norfolk was a year-long project that began with thoughtful restoration of the lodge, which originally had served as a gate house for the larger estate. Made of flint with a thatched roof, the building sits, in part, under the shade of a large tree, looking out into a sunny garden. The design for the interior decor takes advantage of the bright light through the windows in a double height sitting room with hand finished paintwork, but it needed to embrace the cosiness too. Upstairs bedrooms set under the eaves are wallpapered giving a sense of order to the architecture whilst antique benches and chairs are used to advantage creating quiet areas and a balance from room to room. It was a goal in the project that guests staying at the property would feel both a comfortable, collected atmosphere, like staying at a friend’s house, filled with layered furnishings and a thoughtful palette.
