Letterstone
LETTERSTONE
London, UK
Conversion + Reconstruction
Site management
Completion
Juli 2016
Area
200 sqm
Costs
£400,000
Architects
Jo Cowen Architects
Team
Christin Gegenheimer, Projekt- und Bauleitung
Client
private
The complete redevelopment of this Victorian end of terrace house in West London is a very special project for a residential house. The client wished for a very open floor plan designed around a central, internal courtyard and an outstanding staircase leading to the second floor
For privacy, most of the external walls towards the street are closed. But the internal courtyard, an outdoor space contained within a spectacular frameless and column-free glass box together with over-edge roof lights above the kitchen gives the 100sqm ground floor great day light.
All internal walls will be removed to create a well-designed open plan space, with an elegant and delicate suspended timber staircase leading up to the master bedroom on the first floor level.
The ground floor is divided into 3 different zones around the courtyard: The living space to one side of the courtyard is partly seperated from the entrance zone
book shelfs containing a huge modern fire place.
Located on the opposite side of the courtyard is a kitchen area. The kitchen sits below 2 over-edge roof lights, with a kitchen island and breakfast bar facing the courtyard. On the third side between kitchen and living room is the dining area where you can open the sliding doors to the courtyard on both ends to kitchen to get an open corner.
The second floor houses the master bedroom with ensuite and dressing room, all with tall ceilings and a roof light above the master bed to get more light than only from the slot windows facing the courtyard, as well as a guest bedroom with juliette balcony, storage and guest bathroom.
All materials are chosen to achieve the contemporary look the client and architect wanted to achieve.
Model built by Kelly Darlington, Model Photography by Mike Fairbrass