The Lakeside Huts, Northern Ireland

15yrs

Nick Gray. Ex Hennessy and Porsche.

Nick Gray, property photographer, at golden hour

Case 03 / 05

Northern IrelandArchitectureTimberSunriseGolden hour

The brief

Timber cladding, green panelling, an oak worktop and a butler sink. Two shepherd’s huts and a plywood cabin on a private lake, shot at sunrise and at golden hour so the timber and the water read together.

The light plan

Two visits. Sunrise for the stillness on the water, and the evening for warm light raking across the timber cladding.

Inside, every frame keeps something of the outside in it: the lake through the open door, the field past the bed, the jetty from the step. Small buildings are designed around what they frame, so the frame is the point.

What was delivered

Interior and exterior stills of the huts and the cabin, and the details of the build: the panelling, the woodburner, the oak shelf and the view from the bed.

Shepherd’s hut door open onto a lake and wooden hot tub in late afternoon sun, Northern Ireland

Timber shepherd’s hut with hot tub and jetty on a private lake in evening sun, Northern Ireland

Green panelled shepherd’s hut kitchen with oak worktop, butler sink and woodburner, soft daylight

Valais Blacknose sheep looking in through a cabin door in late afternoon light, Northern Ireland

Plywood cabin bedroom with a picture window over the lake, afternoon light