Petersham Houses
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While the designs of the three houses were never intended to be near-identical, they turned out more different than initially invisaged
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Three courtyard houses situated in the rural Thames-side village of Petersham in Richmond for the top end of the housing market
The design concept creates three individual family homes that form part of an architectural grouping while remaining private. Each house is conceived as a linear arrangement of rooms comprising dining room, kitchen, study and bedrooms accessed from a double-height gallery that runs the length of the house.
The architectural language for the building consists of a range of materials, which with the building form creating a contemporary classic modern profile and a scheme of the highest architectural quality.
Data
- Completed: 2003
- Floor area: 17,000m2
- Sectors: Residential, House
- Total cost: £4.4M
- Address: Petersham, Courtyards, River Lane, Petersham, Richmond, TW10 7AG, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Terry Farrell and Partners
- Project architect: Terry Farrell
- Client: Berkley Homes
- Structural engineer: Battle McCarthy
- Landscape architect: Gillespies
- Artificial Lighting Consultant: LAPD
Suppliers
- Steelwork: Mid Kent Steel
- Cladding and glazing: English Architectural Glazing
- Stone flooring: In-Situ
- Roofing: Robseal