In some respects, the most significant icehouse rehab alteration, at least to the exterior and surroundings, is the grade change north and west of the existing building and the new hardscape that will integrate this area with the rest of Rosslyn’s lawns and gardens.
In the collage above, an interesting perspective captured with a drone (a view unlikely to ever be witnessed in typical, non-drone circumstances) portrays the icehouse from the northeast some thirty feet or so up in the air. Perhaps a bird’s-eye view or a squirrel’s-eye view.
Overlaid across the photograph (with no implied correlation between the location of the drawing and the photo it marks up), the simple line drawing offers some rudimentary plans and relationships for further site work, finalizing slopes and grade changes. In addition it generally maps out the locations of stone edging/walls and stone steps that will be constructed out of locally quarried limestone that was salvaged from existing deconstructed foundations and cisterns during our 2006-8 home renovations as well as a more recent discovery of an old stone cistern while replanting the evergreen hedge along the northern perimeter of Rosslyn’s front lawn. In other words, these new hardscape features will be reimagined out of repurposed materials likely dating to the 1800s when the original homestead was constructed. New hardscape with an old history.
What do you think?