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i have a theory that wood stoves are the UK equivalent to white collar workers owning huge trucks in the US - an attempt to claim some sort of rustic/manly credentials
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Maybe, perhaps they just look good in photos, and that house was destined to be photographed a lot. They are a sort of 'homeliness/comfort' signifier, maybe it offsets the exposed concrete and sharp edges, at least the house generally looks like someone lives there rather than the high end staged TMH aesthetic ("please remove televisions for the photographs").
RodSaetan
Saw that place on Open house day as I'm fairly local, looks great IRL and does fit nicely on that street (which I'd like to live on). I like the material palette, but also can't see why you'd have multiple fires you shouldn't be using, guess Architects gonna Architect.