Nestled in among a collection of historic cottages in Ipswich, this cedar-shingled gambrel-roof summer cottage with a wraparound porch fits right in. But it took some imagination to make that happen. Rigorous restrictions and easements are in place to preserve the neighborhood aesthetic and to avoid the obstruction of other residents’ ocean views, which influenced what could be done during this project.
The new build needed to fit into the same footprint and three-dimensional envelope of the original structure. “It was an interestingly constrained project—more so than [those] we usually do—but within that
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