Secret escape
HOMEOWNERS Lu and Ralph Selby
LOCATION Wirksworth, Derbyshire
PROJECT Contemporary self-build
SIZE 244m2 (annexe 36m2 )
CONSTRUCTION Masonry lower ground; timber frame ground floor
BUILD TIME June 2015-Aug 2016
BUILD COST £441,758
Period properties can be lovely — but they are seldom easy to heat. No wonder then, that Lu and Ralph Selby, living in a draughty four-storey gritstone mill, were keen to build a warm, energy efficient home.
“The mill was very cold — and I really feel the
