This listed house is hidden within the Heath along with a cluster of historic buildings. The family asked us to retrofit the house with a particular focus on improving the energy efficiency of the building fabric.

The Building

With any listed building, you need to get listed building consent for any alterations to the internal or external building fabric. We worked with Camden Listed Building officers to find a solution that introduced a heat pump to the building, added wood fibre insulation internally, as well as upgrading some non-original windows to double-glazed units. No easy feat when working on a listed building.

The main spatial change was forming a wider set of glass doors from the kitchen and dining room into the courtyard. We also converted the roof space into an extra bedroom - accessed by a new staircase that leads on from the original staircase.