This 35 square metre courtyard is in Chelsea in central London. It is accessed and viewed from the drawing room and the new high-spec kitchen as well as the garage. Therefore Charlotte Rowe designed it to look good from all angles and complements the contemporary decorative feel of the house. The garden includes a long narrow water rill raised above the ground with a long cantilevered water spout in bronze which echoes the material used for the canopy over the entrance to the kitchen. Around the water rill are raised beds, bench seating and a day bed, playing with the change in levels, all clad in the same pale limestone selected for both the floor of the courtyard and the ground floor of the house, creating a calm coordinated and integrated space. The walls are rendered in the same colour and there is a cedar screen at high level to provide more privacy.