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.

Protected: New Warehouse, Islington

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.