BATTERSEA TOWNHOUSE
Area: 2200 SQ FT
Our client, a high profile music manager, wanted to create his forever home in a beautiful Victorian period property. His brief was simple; comfort, style and traditional British design. He wanted a warm, inviting and stylish home where he could accommodate and entertain his many friends.
This project was a true collaboration between client and architect. During the whole process, his excellent taste and style inspired and informed every step of the design. Dark, moody, masculine tones for the living room, exquisite chandeliers for the lighting, a refined, traditional styled kitchen and bespoke joinery solutions for his extensive selection of books and records.
We used the beautiful kitchen manufacturer deVOL to take our design and create a gorgeously detailed traditional English kitchen. Shaker panel doors, antique brass ironmongery and real marble countertops create a gorgeous space for cooking, eating and socialising.
From the outset, the original house dictated the style and the design celebrated the Victorian architecture and details.
The lower floors of the four storey house were completed gutted, unnecessary partition walls and downlights that had been added during various ‘modernisations’ over the years were removed allowing the graceful and grand proportions of the original house to be revealed.
Period features were re-incorporated and existing features were protected and retained.
A legacy of damp issues that the house had suffered were fully resolved through a complex set of liaisons between a basement damp proofing company, the structural engineers, the main contractor, the client and NGA.
Thermostatically controlled underfloor heating, low energy LED lights and massively increased insulation to all existing walls and floors reduced the energy requirement and increased the heat retention of the house.
NGA created a design to remodel the volume and landscaping of the rear garden, to maximise the upper garden area and create a space for summer parties. Planted areas were created around the steps connecting the lower ground floor to the garden to maximise the views of greenery from the kitchen area and to create a cosy courtyard area to drink coffee in the mornings at lower ground floor level.
