Structure studio Bindloss Dawes has renovated an 18th-century pub in Somerset, England, to create an “intimate” fresh residence for the Osip farm-to-table restaurant.
Helmed by chef Merlin Labron-Johnson, Michelin-starred Osip was situated on Bruton Excessive Avenue in Somerset till August of this yr, when it was transferred to a close-by Georgian pub in-built 1730.
Native structure workplace Bindloss Dawes stripped the three-storey constructing again to its unique shell by eradicating a collection of current additions. The studio additionally stabilised the pub’s current stone partitions and relayed its slate roofs.
Rewashed in white lime, the textured facade is characterised by limestone door and window frames, which counterpoint the encircling planted backyard that helps Osip’s seasonal menu.
On the inside, Bindloss Dawes sought to light up the ground-floor restaurant with pure featherlight whereas retaining a way of the pub’s former character.
Low, beamed ceilings characteristic throughout the seating space, which overlooks an open kitchen framed by floor-to-ceiling glazing and topped by a geometrical skylight.
“The unique Osip had a road-facing window and a tiny serving hatch, giving diners a constrained view of the kitchen,” studio co-founder Oliver Bindloss advised Dezeen.
“Within the fresh restaurant, now we have opened up fresh home windows and the backyard to create huge views of the encircling panorama.”
Bindloss Dawes selected a palette of pure supplies when dressing the inside areas.
A deep purple, domestically sourced earthenware flooring was laid throughout the seating space in a nod to the pub’s unique charred crimson clinker flooring. The breathable materials was additionally chosen for its acoustically absorbent properties.
Artist Max Bainbridge of Somerset studio Forest + Discovered hand-carved a knobbly central drinks bar out of native timber gathered from the neighbouring woods, whereas summary artworks add delicate color to the in any other case white-washed partitions.
The kitchen is outlined by a combination of chrome steel, timber accents and chunky bar stools upholstered in Somerset textiles. Dimmable lighting was fitted all through the restaurant to reinforce a setting the place diners can “concentrate on the meals”, in response to Bindloss.
“The inside design is intimate, full of pure featherlight and open to the panorama,” stated the studio co-founder.
“Osip’s supplies and makers characterize the identical issues as its meals – domestically sourced and representing one of the best of Somerset and the south west,” he added.
Bindloss Dawes additionally restored the constructing’s first and second flooring, which lengthen into the unique roof rafters and home 4 double guestrooms with en-suite loos, furnished to mirror the downstairs restaurant.
The studio opened its Bruton observe in 2018 and has accomplished Somerset tasks starting from the renovation of a Grade II-listed home in Pitcombe with a recent timber extension to a automotive barn for a basic Porsche collector.
