Kin House, Wiltshire

Herringbone Marlborough Terracotta Parquet in the garden hall of the main house at Kin House, with an arched oak door open to the garden

Stone-arched entrance to the main house at Kin House, with Marlborough Terracotta Parquet visible through the open door

Project Details:

Products Used: Bamboo Porcelain Mosaic Blush, Bamboo Porcelain Mosaic Verdigris, Bamboo Porcelain Mosaic White, Long Island Marble (various formats), Marlborough Terracotta Parquet

Designer (The Lodge): Helen Pike

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Designer (Main House): Barlow & Barlow

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Location: Kin House, Wiltshire

Photographer: Adam Carter

Set in the Wiltshire countryside at Kington Langley, Kin House is an exclusive-use country house known for its playful, colour-filled interiors by husband-and-wife duo Lucy Barlow and Joshua Sear of Barlow & Barlow. From the great hall to the four-poster bedrooms, every room has its own personality, and our tile and stone run through both the main house and its newest addition, The Lodge.

Stone porch and front entrance of the main house at Kin House, Wiltshire

Great hall at Kin House with a skylit timber roof, chandelier and long dining tables

Oak-panelled bedroom at Kin House with a curtained four-poster bed

Freestanding patterned bath on a raised platform in a bay window at Kin House

Upstairs, our Bamboo porcelain mosaics and Long Island marble appear in a range of formats. Bands of Verdigris or Blush with White run around the showers and up sloping attic ceilings, while Long Island, a classic white marble with subtle grey veining and a beautiful crystalline structure, is laid in herringbone underfoot. Together they offer a calm counterpoint to the confident colour and pattern of Barlow & Barlow's rooms.

Main house bathroom with striped Bamboo Porcelain Mosaic Blush and White shower walls and a Long Island Marble herringbone floor

Brass shower valve on Bamboo Porcelain Mosaic Blush

View through a doorway into a main house bathroom with Bamboo Porcelain Mosaic Blush and a Long Island Marble herringbone floor

Brass rainforest shower head against striped Bamboo Porcelain Mosaic Blush and White

Marble washstand against Bamboo Porcelain Mosaic Verdigris with a Long Island Marble herringbone floor in the main house

Brass shower valve on Bamboo Porcelain Mosaic Verdigris

Attic shower with Bamboo Porcelain Mosaic Verdigris and White stripes running up the sloped ceiling

Brass rainforest shower head against a sloped ceiling of Bamboo Porcelain Mosaic Verdigris

Guests leave the main house for the garden across our Marlborough terracotta, laid in a herringbone parquet beside a woven bench at the garden door. The same warm, earthy floor continues into the cloakrooms, giving these well-trodden spaces a relaxed, lived-in feel.

Marlborough Terracotta Parquet in the main house garden hall at Kin House, with a woven bench and arched oak door open to the garden

Main house cloakroom at Kin House with three basins and a Marlborough Terracotta Parquet herringbone floor

Doorway view into a main house cloakroom with a Marlborough Terracotta Parquet herringbone floor

Close-up of Marlborough Terracotta Parquet laid in herringbone across a step in the garden hall

The Lodge

From the house, a path leads down the south-facing garden to The Lodge. Designed by Helen Pike as a quieter, cosier take on the house's signature style, it adds six bedrooms sleeping up to twelve guests. Fermoie's Eythorne wallpaper wraps each bedroom from wall to ceiling, while bespoke upholstered vanity units, soft lighting and carefully sourced vintage furniture and artwork bring warmth and character throughout.

Every bedroom has its own en-suite, and the same pairing of Bamboo and Long Island carries on here. Some bathrooms are finished in Blush, others in Verdigris, the slender stick format catching the light across its glossy, aged glaze. With rainforest showers throughout and a bathtub in one room for those who like to linger, each space has its own character while feeling part of the same family.