Arrival is through an arched gateway set into a plaster-and-brick wall, lantern-lit and half swallowed by palms, opening onto a stone path that winds through the greenery. Beyond it, inside a gated farm estate on the edge of Bengaluru's northern countryside, this three-bedroom villa spreads across nearly an acre. Sloping tiled roofs, exposed brick and hand-finished timber give the house a grounded, unhurried character.

A sheltered sit-out by the front door, backed by a rough stone wall and facing into the trees, is where most guests settle first. Indoors, woven pendants hang from beamed ceilings, brick textures catch the afternoon sun, and deep sofas invite slow afternoons. The bedrooms look into forest and garden, two opening onto private patios and one onto a first-floor balcony.