Elgin Crescent

For a happy former client, we were delighted to help on a new project in the heart of Notting Hill, restoring and upgrading one of the boldly coloured 19th-century townhouses in Elgin Crescent. Our architectural work was significant; the house had been very poorly renovated by a developer, and our task was to put back an interior will a suitably authentic historic character – at the same time as updating and remodelling the building to make it into a fresh and exciting family home.

The architectural works involved the restoration of both facades, reconstruction of the roof, and a new rear extension – all work carried out in a way that seamlessly blends new with old.

The project was overseen by our directors Jennifer Bell and Rupert Cunningham, with interior design by the studio. Further images of the house may be seen here.

An Early Georgian House

This house is more of a cottage – with tiny rooms and a wonderful, diminutive scale – in a fabulous terrace of Grade II listed early Georgian houses on the edge of Highgate, then just a small country village now consumed into London.

Our clients are a young family who had lived in the house for a number of years and loved it – but needed to make it better fit for their lifestyle. A dark galley kitchen was ripped out and we tore off awful rear extensions before remodelling to create a new lower-ground floor kitchen and, at the ground floor, an octagonal bay bookroom/study in place of a miserable and barely-used WC.

The practice detailed an entire joinery package drawing inspiration from the original rooms to create a seamless integration between old and new. While the interior architecture is restrained, the decoration took a bolder and more colourful approach to create a happy and cheerful family home.

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Location
Highgate, London

Date
2012 - 2017

An Artist’s House in Chelsea

This magical 19th century townhouse in Chelsea is made special by its extraordinary garden location, and by the first floor artist’s studio that provides an astonishing interior to an otherwise unremarkable house.

When we first arrived, the building was in very poor condition and required significant remodelling and renewal, including completely new roofs, new side extensions and an entirely new street elevation. We worked closely with planning officers at the Royal Borough to agree a strategy for the design and remodelling that provided significant additional accommodation but presented a suitably quiet face to this leafy and untouched street.

Ben Pentreath also decorated the building and more photographs may be seen here.

Elgin Crescent

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An Early Georgian House

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©ben pentreath ltd 2018

An Artist’s House in Chelsea

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©ben pentreath ltd 2018

Elgin Crescent

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