Treetops, Blagdon — Contemporary Lakeside Home Photography for Debbie Fortune

Treetops, Blagdon — Contemporary Lakeside Home Photography for Debbie Fortune

High on the hillside above Blagdon Lake, Treetops is a home built entirely around its view — walls of glass, a wraparound terrace, and rooms that open straight onto the Mendip countryside. Our brief was to make that connection between inside and landscape the hero of every frame. Shot across a single day to catch both midday clarity and a low evening light, the set gives the selling agent a gallery that sells the setting as hard as the house.

High on the hillside above Blagdon Lake, Treetops is a home built entirely around its view — walls of glass, a wraparound terrace, and rooms that open straight onto the Mendip countryside. Our brief was to make that connection between inside and landscape the hero of every frame. Shot across a single day to catch both midday clarity and a low evening light, the set gives the selling agent a gallery that sells the setting as hard as the house.

Aerial view of Treetops, a contemporary home above Blagdon Lake in Somerset, with terracotta roof and glass-balustrade terrace

Framing the Setting

We opened with a drone pass to place the house in its landscape — the terracotta roof, stone-clad lower storey, and glass-balustrade terrace reading clearly against the fields dropping toward the lake. Inside, the vaulted living room and open-plan dining space were shot to draw the eye through the bifolds to the valley beyond, keeping interiors bright and true to colour. Every shot is hand-edited before it reaches the portal, with window views retained rather than blown out — the detail that turns a scroll into an enquiry.

Vaulted living room at Treetops with blue sofa and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Mendip countryside
Wraparound decked terrace with glass balustrade and dining set, looking across to Blagdon Lake
Open-plan dining room with blue dresser and bifold doors framing the valley view

Light, Timed Right

The upstairs bedrooms are wrapped in corner glazing, so timing mattered. We captured the principal bedroom twice — once in clean daylight showing the full sweep across to Blagdon Lake, and again at golden hour as the sky warmed over the water. A tighter frame through the terrace balustrade anchors the property to its most valuable asset: an uninterrupted lake-and-countryside outlook that photographs rarely do justice to without the right exposure work.

Principal bedroom with corner glazing and countryside-to-lake views in daylight
Same principal bedroom photographed at golden hour, sunset light over Blagdon Lake
View through the terrace glass balustrade across fields to Blagdon Lake

Rooms That Live Well

The kitchen closes the set — a bright, characterful space with a marble-topped island, copper detailing, and a rooflight pulling daylight down into the room. Shot to feel spacious and lived-in rather than staged, it rounds out a gallery that gives buyers a genuine sense of how the home flows, from social kitchen to sunset bedroom.

Country kitchen at Treetops with marble-topped island, copper pans and rooflight