STEPHEN FLETCHER ARCHITECTS

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GARDEN FLAT IN SOUTH HAMPSTEAD

We were recently commissioned to work on the renovation and extension of the garden flat within an historic Arts and Crafts late Victorian house in South Hampstead.

GARDEN FLAT IN SOUTH HAMPSTEAD

With a view to moving away from the current long entrance corridor and crude partitioning of the original house, an elegant lobby has been introduced by the existing front door.

GARDEN FLAT IN SOUTH HAMPSTEAD

he grand front reception room, currently overly long and gloomy, will be reduced in size to make way for the entrance lobby and a new bathroom. It will serve as a guest bedroom or study.

GARDEN FLAT IN SOUTH HAMPSTEAD

Minimal interventions will be made to the existing rear reception room, including the installation of a more elegant fireplace and a new doorway to the kitchen/dining area beyond, thus opening-up a new east-west vista. This will be used as a living room.

GARDEN FLAT IN SOUTH HAMPSTEAD

One of our clients' principal requirements is a large open-plan kitchen/dining/sitting room which better connects with the rear garden.

GARDEN FLAT IN SOUTH HAMPSTEAD

A zone of full-height kitchen appliances and a pantry/larder, matching the proportions of the bay window opposite, acts as an acoustic buffer to the communal staircase beyond.

GARDEN FLAT IN SOUTH HAMPSTEAD

A new 'back door lobby' located off the kitchen will afford access to a guest lavatory, stairs down to the lower level and a guest bedroom/children's playroom with original features reinstated and discreet storage added.

GARDEN FLAT IN SOUTH HAMPSTEAD

A new lower level will be created by excavating part of the existing semi-basement and extending into the garden at the rear.

GARDEN FLAT IN SOUTH HAMPSTEAD

The Master Bedroom, located in the lower storey of the rear extension, includes French windows opening onto a terrace with steps up a half-level to the garden.

GARDEN FLAT IN SOUTH HAMPSTEAD

The Master Bathroom is accessed via a spacious dressing room and includes a walk-in shower and elegant freestanding vanity with a built-in medicine cabinet behind.

GARDEN FLAT IN SOUTH HAMPSTEAD

This view of the rear elevation shows how the new two-storey rear extension links with the rear garden and raised terrace and looks to work with the overall 'grain' of the existing property.

GARDEN FLAT IN SOUTH HAMPSTEAD