Hampstead house extension

Architecture for London has recently completed several Hampstead house extension and refurbishment projects

We have completed the refurbishment of a property that is part of a Victorian terrace located on Savernake Road, adjacent to Hampstead Heath and in the borough of Camden. It lies in the Mansfield Conservation Area and all external alterations therefore required planning consent. We have also completed a house extension at two properties adjacent to Hampstead Heath: on Tanza Road, NW3 and on Gainsborough Gardens NW3.

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At Tanza Road, we refurbished the lower ground floor to create a new family kitchen, living and dining space. A rebuilt, larger rear extension allows improved garden views and better frames the view toward the treetops on Hampstead Heath.

A red brick rear extension complements the existing Victorian property. The extension’s deep reveals, large circular column and colour-matched lime mortar help to suggest solidity and permanence.

The new kitchen is by Devol and features a combination of copper and natural limestone work surfaces. A terracotta pendant light echos the brick colour of the extension.

Gainsborough Gardens was a refurbishment and extension of a GII listed house, this project features a new kitchen by Plain English, with oak and marble. A limestone floor leads to the new rear extension.

The interior refurbishment included a new master bathroom inspired by Arts & Crafts detailing and finished in Tadelakt and marble.

The utility room also features Plain English cabinetry, with Carrara marble worktops and a beige limestone floor.

At Savernake Road, the brief was to refurbish the tired interior to create a contemporary home with a larger kitchen. An extension with bi-folding doors leads to a small outdoor timber decked terrace. Bedrooms are reconfigured to make better use of the existing space and a new library is created in the first floor reception room. The master bedroom suite is refurbished and redecorated, with new joinery throughout.

The conservation area is predominantly residential, with terraced streets originally developed in the second half of the 19th Century and, with the final streets completed in 1910. The tree-planted streets contain solid three-storey Victorian family houses of remarkable uniformity which have kept their original external features, and provide a coherent example of late 19th century urban residential development.

Location: Savernake Road, Tanza Road and Gainsborough Gardens, Hampstead NW3.

Project architect: Tom Dawson, Victoria Havercroft, Amrit Marway

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