Our client had recently purchased an elegant Edwardian house near Twickenham Riverside and wanted to enlarge and remodel it to make it fit for a modern family for years to come.
The house is locally listed (BTM) and within a Conservation Area with a number of planning restrictions.
The client liked the existing architecture but wanted a modern, open plan living space to the rear and additional spaces for a playroom and cinema room for their young family.
The developed scheme involves the demolition of a muddled 1.5 storey 1980’s rear extension and the addition of a full basement and two-storey full width rear extension. A wrap-over glass skylight / window provides a clean visual break between the existing house and the new modern extension.
The basement and ground floors are linked at the rear through the addition of an exciting two-storey high void and guillotine door system. The doors open vertically to provide a full width opening with no stacked door sets in the way blocking the relationship with the garden. We added pivot doors to the side too, for use through the colder winter months.