Our client wanted his 1960s townhouse to offer a more flexible range of living spaces for him and his teenage children, in a way that felt authentic to the original architecture.
Originally designed by Gough Cooper – and within the Blackheath Conservation Area - the property was a three-storey mid-terrace house with three double bedrooms and a single open plan living space on the first floor.
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Our consented proposals start by thermally upgrading the building fabric - insulating the roof and walls with wood fibre and replacing PVC windows with metal framed high performance glazing. Later additions to the house are removed and replaced, and symmetry restored to the front elevation.
At the rear, a new single storey volume with a lowered slab steps down to the garden. The extension is constructed from a Douglas Fir timber frame, celebrated with exposed joists and ply lining. The warm timber frame, integrated joinery and red single-pour resin floor create a snug sanctuary connected to the walled garden.
The ground floor is meticulously re-planned to offer an entrance area with built in seating and storage, bedroom and shower room as well as the new garden extension.
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Currently on site, our designs will add 20sqm to the townhouse and create two distinct living spaces – one open plan and sociable, the other more secluded and private.
While honouring the original architecture, our designs will allow our client and his older children to live more flexibly with a range of spaces to expand into.
