Project Description
FROM THE ARCHITECTS:
Re-use and connection of a former workshop into new living spaces, inserted in the shell of a bomb
damaged.
Georgian house
Located in a Georgian court dating from 1766, this house forms part of a terrace which incurred bomb
damage during the Second World War resulting in it being partially demolished and substantially rebuilt
in the decades since, including the front and rear elevations in their entirety. The house had been
neglected and fallen into a state of disrepair.
Retaining only the perimeter walls to the house, garden and a former workshop to the rear, an entirely
new structure has been inserted. The house now connects to and encompasses the former workshop,
increasing the habitable space and creating an enclosed courtyard. The courtyard provides light and
ventilation to living spaces on three levels whilst offering framed views and communication between
the individual rooms it unifies. Materials to new living areas are predominantly fair faced or untreated
to reflect the utility of their previous use.
A new third floor has been added providing a master bedroom and terrace linked by a new staircase to
a dressing room and bathrooms below within the body of the original house. At the front of the house,
timber sash windows replace the previous metal framed windows and generally the facade has been
restored to reflect the well preserved period character of the court. The work, which included extensive
structural interventions, excavations and large glazed elements was all achieved on an extremely
confined site with no vehicle access