Ian D Thompson

RIBA Architect and computer programmer creating built and virtual environments with a common skill set.

Compton Abdale

Restoration of a pair of Cotswold farm labourer's cottages to form a new home. Work to the property included a completely new interior, insulation and installation of a heat pump, replacing the former oil system and the design and planting of a new garden.

Architecture · 2022

Living room with exposed ceiling beams and a wood-burning stove in a stone fireplaceSunlit entrance passage with a stone floor and glazed doorFreestanding bath with sunlight falling across the plaster wallLong wooden dining table beneath exposed ceiling beamsNarrow painted staircase with a simple timber balustradeStone cottage entrance and dry-stone wall in evening lightStone cottage frontage behind a flower-filled garden and wooden gateMustard sofa and cushions beneath framed artworkWildflower garden beside the stone cottagePainted kitchen with open shelving, timber worktop and ceramic sinkSofa beside the stone fireplace with tall branches in a vaseWeathered picket fence surrounded by pink garden flowersRustic dining table and chairs in front of the stone fireplaceDining room with stone floor, exposed beams and fireplaceInterior doorway connecting the dining room and adjoining sitting areaWooden chair beside a sunlit cupboard and built-in bookshelvesStone cottage partly screened by mature garden plantingView through two rooms with stone fireplaces and framed artworkColourful cottage garden seen beneath the shade of a treeRoom before renovation, with a stone fireplace and worn green floorRoom during renovation with exposed insulation, rafters and stone fireplaceCottage and excavated garden during the renovation