Dove House
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Rear extension to a Victorian terraced house to form a kitchen and family room integrated into a redesigned garden area
The existing ground floor was expanded sideways into a yard area and backwards into an area formerly occupied by an outside toilet. Where the addition meets the existing fabric of the house a skylight has been inserted to bring light into the kitchen and living area.
The rear facade of the extension is clad in black larch, which is extended around the external area to form an internal lining of the garden. The larch wall is cut away in places to reveal the ivy growing over the old fence behind and the gap between the old and new layer is exploited for storage space and hidden planters.
The cladding at the rear of the garden forms an inverted reflection of the extension and contains an inbuilt children’s playhouse.
Data
- Begun: Nov 2010
- Completed: Mar 2011
- Floor area: 37m2
- Sector: House
- Total cost: £121,000
- Funding: Private
- Tender date: Oct 2010
- Procurement: JCT Minor Works
- Address: 65 Tantallon Road, London, SW12 8DF, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Gundry & Ducker Architecture
- Project architects: Christian Ducker, Ethelinde Radloff, Tyeth Gundry
- Client: Jolyon & Gillian Dove
- Structural engineer: Symmetrys
- General contractor : BTL property
Suppliers
- Concrete flooring: Steyson Granolithic Contractors
