The Colchester triple module playcentre held in the last light of day, its hex tower and spiral slide silhouetted

The Masterpiece Collection

Rare commissions for
extraordinary gardens.

Our private commissions tier: bespoke garden architecture for larger-scale briefs, rarer ambitions, and families who want a structure shaped entirely around the landscape it belongs to.

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The Tudor Manor commission: a pastel manor playhouse with bridges to a cedar-roofed hex tower and a covered swing platform

Case study

The Tudor Manor Commission

A stunning Tudor manor house playcentre, built in the Clent Hills in Worcestershire. The inspiration for the central playhouse came from a Tudor manor house in the Cotswolds. The left bridge is a long wobbly clatter bridge to a cedar-roofed hex tower, which continues the design contours and colour palette of the main house, while the right-hand fixed hump bridge leads to a square cedar-roofed platform from which the triple swings extend.

What made it exceptional

Under the hump bridge we have suspended a large luxury nest swing.

The Commissioning Model

A different category
of work.

Masterpiece does not sit apart because it is larger or more elaborate, but because it begins from a different place. Where the other collections start from a resolved model, Masterpiece belongs to the rarer brief where the format itself is still being authored, shaped around site, ambition, and the garden architecture a family wants to create.

Commission-led

Not a collection to choose from, but a brief to shape.

Masterpiece commissions do not begin with a predefined range or a fixed family of models. They begin with the landscape, the way a family hopes to inhabit it, and the kind of presence the finished structure should hold within the garden.

Architectural Scale

Larger in ambition, not simply higher in specification.

Here, the architecture itself becomes part of the brief. Scale, silhouette, routes, rooms, and outlook are resolved as one composition, shaped around a rarer and more site-specific level of ambition.

Closer Bespoke Process

A more involved design relationship from concept to delivery.

This tier is for clients who want a closer commissioning process rather than a quicker product decision. The conversation is more collaborative, the design language more tailored, and the final result more singular to the garden it belongs to.

Investment & Commissioning

How the brief is scoped.

This is not a menu of fixed options, but the beginning of a private commissioning conversation. Early discussions are used to understand the landscape, the ambition of the brief, and the kind of presence the finished structure should hold within the garden.

Each commission is scoped around the work itself.

Commission Scope

Masterpiece commissions typically begin from £20,000, with final scope shaped by architectural scale, site conditions, complexity of the brief, and the level of bespoke detail carried through the work.

£20,000+

What Shapes Investment

Investment is influenced by overall scale, the complexity of routes and rooms, the nature of the site itself, and the amount of bespoke architectural detailing carried through the commission.

Early Briefing

The first conversation is used to define ambition, constraints, and fit. It is a design discussion first, allowing the brief to be shaped with clarity before the commission is scoped in detail.

Collaborative Scope

Because each Masterpiece project begins from a bespoke brief, scope is developed collaboratively rather than selected from a range. That process is what allows the work to feel singular to its landscape.