GEORGIAN TOWNHOUSE

GEORGIAN TOWNHOUSE

Currently at interior design stage with completion set for the end of 2024

Nestled on a quiet cobblestone street, a Grade II listed, bijou Georgian townhouse next to Hampstead Heath was acquired in near derelict condition by a young family.

The focus was on restoring the home to its original glory, retaining and repairing existing period features such as beautiful architraves, internal double doors and corridor arches and internal cast iron fireplaces, as well as repairing and reinstating period features previously stripped out of the property.

Listed building consent from the Camden council planning authority was achieved to modernise the home including a number of changes to rear elevation items as well as reconfiguration of some of the internal rooms.

With a love of art spurring on the design of the rooms, pieces were chosen in some case before the restoration works took place so that the rooms could be styled to complement the artwork.

A calm, bright palette of colours and textures was selected, natural oak chevron parquet floors, handmade encaustic tiles in the bathroom, Carrara marble for the kitchen, bathrooms and some other accented areas, lots of mirrors, soft grey and white walls and fluted architraves with colour being supplied by the artwork, furniture and plants.

A new verdant Southwest facing roof top oasis has been designed where children can play and a Japanese inspired garden is being planted up.

A shady and formerly unloved courtyard has been transformed with white limestone cobbles set in a herringbone formation with a mass of hardy evergreen plants and a stunning Japanese maple tree. A bench and small table allow the area to be used as another room in the summer time.

A former plastic laminated kitchen with poor lighting is being transformed with navy blue kitchen units and a Carrara marble countertops with brass accents and a sculptural lighting scheme.

A new side return facade elevation was designed and achieved listed building consent onto the courtyard garden was designed to maximise light into a previously dark space and allow a practical and visually connected relationship between the kitchen and dining area and the garden. A new arched window and doorway on this facade adds back period features to a facade that had been altered unsympathetically over the years.

As a Georgian house, the existing thermal performance is very poor. We worked with EnerPHit guidelines to improve the heat retention of the house. New heritage rated double glazed windows and doors increased the thermal performance of the kitchen which lies to the rear of the property and therefore is allowed to have double glazing. The roof and internal walls were insulated using Diathonite cork-lime and Warmcel cellulose which has no waste and also allows the walls to ‘breathe’ and ventilate, an essential within a period property where normal insulating techniques can cause condensation and mould. Existing leaky and unapproved double glazed windows to the front elevation were removed and were upgraded to brand new conservation grade single glazed units in line with government laws for Listed buildings.




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