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Fieldstone farmhouse between two white board-and-batten wings, seen across the front lawn

West Chester Farmhouse

West Chester, PA · Completed

A new home inspired by Chester County’s stone farmhouses, with a central fieldstone volume, white-clad wings and a covered porch overlooking the lawn.

The design

This new home takes its cues from Chester County’s traditional farmhouses, which grew a wing at a time. Breaking the house into a stone center and lighter wings gives it that character: a large house that reads as a property expanded over time.

The garage occupies its own wing, while the rear living spaces open onto a covered porch overlooking the sloping lawn. A timber-lined ceiling gives the porch warmth and shelter. Inside, white cabinetry and a wood kitchen island continue the restrained material palette.

Location
West Chester, PA
Status
Completed
Project
New home
Our role
Architect — concept design, renderings and permit drawings
The back of the house across the sloping lawn: the covered porch, the white wings and the stone block
From the back, the porch, the wings and the stone block step down the sloping lawn.
White kitchen with a wood island and lantern pendants
Paired wood front doors under a white portico, set into the fieldstone wall
The front door is set into the fieldstone under a white portico.
A white board-and-batten wing with a band of windows, meeting the stone house
Where a board-and-batten wing meets the stone house.
The fieldstone center of the house head-on, its white wings to either side and a curving walk to the door
The stone center of the house, with a lighter wing to either side.
The covered rear porch: a timber-lined gable ceiling over a wood railing
Farmhouse sink under a window between brass sconces
The garage wing: three carriage doors under three dormers
Three carriage doors on the garage wing.
The white gable end of a wing, with a carriage door, a lantern and a walk along the side
A carriage door on the gable end of a white wing.
A side entrance under a small standing-seam roof, where the white wing meets the stone
A side entrance where the white wing meets the stone.
The fieldstone house from the corner, a curving walk to the front door and a white wing at the left
A curving walk to the stone front.
The house from the driveway: the white garage wing in front, the stone house beyond
From the drive, the white garage wing ahead of the stone house.
Close to the stone front: tall windows, the entry portico and hydrangeas along the walk

During construction

The house in framing, the stone block's walls and the wings going up
The stone block’s walls rising between the wings.

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