The Clients are so happy with their retrofit home, and offered the following quote:
“Our favourite part of the project is the oriel window seat. The closest room to the garden used to be the utility so you only really looked out when doing the washing! Now on the window seat you feel like your floating right among the flowers. It s lovely when sunny but what we didn t expect was how fun it would be in a storm. It’s the perfect place to sit and watch the wind and rain batter against the glass. At night we can even look straight up and spot the local bats darting to and fro catching their dinner!”
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Victorian townhouse in London remodelled with charred-wood extension
Rider Stirland Architects has remodelled the interiors of a Victorian terraced house in south London by adding a small rear extension clad in blackened wood and London stock bricks.
Aptly named Charred House, the project was carried out for a family of five to help make more efficient use of their home and improve views of the garden.
To achieve this, Rider Stirland Architects replaced an existing but ineffective two-storey extension with an understated 9-square-metre addition, allowing the introduction of an open-plan kitchen, dining and sitting room.
Top image: Charred House s asymmetric shape echoes the form of the terrace. Above: the building is clad in blackened wood and brick