I bought the land, secured planning consent on appeal and sold the project to a local family. The conservation area is an odd mix of large Victorian villas, modern flats and lock-up garages, but the ambience is leafy, quiet and secure. The house is single storey and “H” shape in plan. This configuration created an […]

I bought the land, secured planning consent and sold the project to a London developer who generally followed the design. The site was quite large – one third of an acre and dominated by a mature oak tree. A hardwood colonnaded ramp overlooks a rill and densely planted birch and cherry. The house rotates about […]

The house had been very oddly re-modelled in the 1960’s. A staircase passed through the living room and rooms lead into one another. The kitchen was a slot and it was dismally dark. A photograph opposite shows the original front. My brief was to increase the accommodation. I made more space for bedrooms by concentrating […]

The brief was to enlarge a dark semi-basement and make it a bright family space which flowed into the garden. The roof design held the key. It is in two staggered plates, one higher than the other. The higher one has circular roof lights and incorporates a green roof. The gap between the two is […]

The challenge was to extend this prominent house while maintaining its character. The existing staircase had daylight pouring in from a first floor side window, but the extension had to be two stories. The solution was to arrange the first floor as two pavilions separated by a small conservatory which maintained daylight to the staircase. […]

My clients had bought this double-fronted late Victorian villa as a wreck. They wanted a large family area and a space for their collection of electro-mechanical clocks. The lower ground floor was doubled in size with an extension that also embraced the raised ground floor. A dedicated clock room was lit naturally by a glass […]

This double fronted Listed Georgian house had been converted into offices in the 1970’s. My clients wanted it to become a home again. The interior was carefully restored. A large kitchen and numerous bathrooms were inserted without disturbing the historic fabric. I added a brick-vaulted wine cellar and designed the lanterns for the entrance sequence […]