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A seventies' swimming pool on a suburban section has been cleverly refurbished by landscape designer Cilla Cooper to create a more glamorous outdoor living area in keeping with the thirties' bungalow it adjoins. Previously, the area's only redeeming feature was a stucco wall screening the pool from the driveway. Cooper used this as a starting point for her design. The shell of the concrete pool was retained and resurfaced, and the existing stucco wall around the perimeter of the pool extended. At the pool's southern end a semi-circular pavilion, based on a Romanesque design, creates a delightful space to escape the sun or entertain. The pavilion's curved arches echo the original entry to the pool area, while the use of wrought iron in the existing entrance gate is repeated in window screens and at openings in the perimeter wall. Terracotta coloured concrete tiles with a tessellated tile detail surround the pool; a reference to the tiles used in a porch and on steps linking the house and pool. The same tile detail is used around the waterline. Planting has a strong Mediterranean theme. However, a magnificent display of apricot and yellow roses is planted close to the house in recognition of the owners' love of roses.

Pool resurfacing by John Sheen (09-834 4045,025-481 343) and Kurt Pragert (09-8 13 0092, 025-963 673). Concrete tiles by Modtezz Tile and Paving Company (09-838 5140). Tessellated English tiles from The Restoration Centre (09-630 6523). Wrought iron work by Reinink's Wrought Iron (09-274 9372). Cilla Cooper (09-445 8312).