Company Founder - Lloyd Abbott Kirley 
Creating Exceptional Period Homes for Modern Living Raised in a family where design was a common word, Lloyd's father was an Architect and his brother was a Landscape Architect. Formal training led to a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture for Lloyd but he chose to follow his passion and became a master in the art and design of distinctive, early American style single family homes. The Classic Colonial Homes STANDARD DESIGN SERIES was created to combine modern floor plans with traditional exterior designs and to capture within these designs, the warmth, charm and character that we admire in the most beautiful antique New England homes. Inspired by the work of master builders centuries earlier, his own unique designs came from personal impressions developed by decades of exposure to colonial New England architecture. These are not exact replicas of existing homes but they all have historically correct proportions, form, scale and detailing which establishes each home's particular style and air of authenticity. When built as designed, using products his company created for them, every Classic Colonial Home would be admired by future generations. Lloyd's interior designs reflected his informal nature with free flowing floor plans, comfortable living spaces and room to room relationships promoting family interaction. His careful conservation of space and logical internal and external circulation patterns added to the popularity of his designs. He had a particular concern for the function of the kitchen in day to day family life and made sure that this "heart of the home" related well to other family gathering areas. He was generous but tasteful with the use of windows, glass doors and skylights to promote natural interior light and to develop interactions between interior spaces and the outside landscape. He felt that the landscape and building site should be critical elements in the design process and that a structure should relate logically to its natural surroundings. Whenever possible, Lloyd worked to insure that this relationship was accounted for and his best designs reflected this intent.
The Design Staff at CCH is honored to have worked with and learned from Lloyd over many years. His enduring mission was to help clients create truly classic homes in the most efficient, convenient and precise |