BOX 9 HAS RESTORED and redesigned The Hall, a Grade I listed Georgian stately home. Box 9’s intervention began with conservation work, restoring and stripping back to reveal the original architecture. The team worked within the existing layout, designing bathrooms and freestanding furniture as sculptural insertions, avoiding fixed partitions or built-in joinery that would compromise original sightlines.
Sculptural surfaces in every room are thoughtfully considered, from cabinetry made from 100% post-consumer plastic by Smile Plastics (now Smile Materials), to marble and travertine side tables by Atelier278, to Jan Hendzel’s transformation of the old marquetry boardroom table into a new games room centrepiece. In the gothic panelled kitchen, Box 9 inserted a monolithic steel island and chocolate Valchromat joinery to rebalance the room. At its centre sits an oak dining table designed by Ted Jeffries from a fallen ancient oak from the estate.
From hand-aged oak floors pressed by The Main Company to art commissions by emerging talents and established artists, every design element was chosen for its story, its sustainability, and its ability to contribute to an inclusive future. Paints are textured with crushed olive stones; basins are cast from 75% recycled concrete. And cork – the project’s hero material – is used boldly, from cladding to furniture elements.
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