This Dreamy English Estate? It's Actually a New Jersey New Build

"Pulling off a new build that feels convincingly like an English estate requires more than cosmetic gestures. "The architecture of the home starts with authenticity," says Paragano, who begins projects like this by focusing on the home's massing-its overall form and proportions-and by reestablishing the traditionally defined spaces of a historic house. "Then we reinforce that with authentic detailing through materials," he adds."

"That approach comes through in wide-plank floors milled from older-growth wood, and in antiques that are integrated into the home's architecture rather than merely placed within it. The paired columns dividing the kitchen and living area, for instance, were salvaged from a former palace in Delhi. In the primary bathroom, an antique timber beam is embedded into the upper framework of a recess."

The Uehlings enlisted interior designer Clive Lonstein and architect James Paragano and inventoried a large collection of South Asian antiques, architectural elements, and royal fragments acquired in the 1970s. Paragano established authentic massing, form, and traditionally defined historic spaces, then reinforced them with authentic materials by importing a hand-molded clay roof from the United Kingdom and mixing reclaimed with new brick for the exterior. Lonstein pursued "real materiality," emphasizing patina and coloration with wide-plank older-growth floors and integrating antiques into the architecture, including salvaged palace columns, an embedded antique timber beam, and carved niches for shutters.

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