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Sale of £2.8m house reveals county builder of one-off wonder homes

For those whose taste in property are led more by the architect's name than the asking price, news a certain home up for sale in Gloucestershire could prove of interest.

Those whose bank balances leave no bounds will be able to look past the £2.89 million asking price for a home cheekily called The Outhouse.

Their eyes will instead be able to feast unhindered on the simply stunning views of the Wye Valley framed in brutalist concrete glory by a home designed by leading architects Loyn & Co.

Less well known is the name of the builder who constructed the 5,000 square foot, turf-roofed home for an artist couple who have lived there since it was completed in 2015.

Gloucestershire-based Milliner Construction is the firm which built the house, a business which has become a go-to name in a niche market of one-off luxury homes.

"We are currently building another one in Cheltenham and one in South Cerney," said Christopher Milliner, the founder of the Cinderford headquartered building firm which has been quietly working with some of the country's top architects.

Such is his reputation in the circles in which he now operates that his business does not advertise, and rarely does the 50-year-old, a carpenter by trade, shout about his work. Discretion if the order of the day.

But saying that.... when the owner of the South Cerney project has hired a certain interior designer called Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, discretion is not always possible.

if you are one of those lucky enough to consider this within your reach, the house is for sale through The Modern House.com for £2,895,000.

The website describes its as follows: "Merging discretely with meadows on a wooded hillside in the Forest of Dean is this exceptional eco-efficient, contemporary home, described in the Architects Journal as 'one of the most outstanding new houses in Britain in a decade'.

"Outhouse was completed in 2015 to a design by renowned architects Loyn and Co and was the winner of several architectural awards, as well as shortlistings for the 2016 RIBA House of the Year and a RIBA Stirling prize."

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