The Orangery
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A dynamic double-height domestic extension - conceived as an Orangery - that creates space for a growing family and reconnects the interior and the garden
The original house, one of a collection built on a hill overlooking South London, ignored the sloping ground on which it was built. Viewed from the street it sits comfortably but at the rear, the living spaces hung one storey above the garden. This disconnection was also felt inside: the large basement spaces were gloomy and truncated from the upper parts of the house.
The solution is conceived as an Orangery. By stripping away the lower part of the rear façade, space for this new double-height extension was created, floating half-way between the ground floor and basement. The Orangery acts as a lantern, gathering sunlight into the living spaces deep within the house.
The kitchen is afforded wide, verdant views over the rear gardens, while the split levels allow for both combined and separate operation of each of the living spaces. The slender, steel-framed glazing gives the new structure a sense of fine fragility.
Data
- Begun: May 2011
- Completed: Jan 2012
- Floor area: 56m2
- Sector: House
- Total cost: £180,000
- Tender date: Mar 2011
- Procurement: JCT Minor Works
- Address: 38 Combemartin Road, London, SW18 5PR, United Kingdom
Professional Team
- Architect: Liddicoat & Goldhill
- Client: The Roberts Family
- Structural engineer: Fluid Structures
- Main contractor: Considerate Building
Suppliers
- Kitchen installation and tall door: Greenmark Carpentry
- Kitchen worktop: Marble City
- Stainless steel hob section: SAMS Fabrications
- Architectural glazing: SRF Glass Ltd.
- Floor tiles: Sticks and Stones
- Glazing to stairs: Culmax
- Bespoke oak stairs and tall balustrade: Subcontractors
- Smooth oak decking to steps: Roundwood of Mayfield
- Lighting : Mr Resistor