Fuchsia Cottage
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Fuchsia Cottage - external view due south - front extension from adjoining house - image 2
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Refurbishment of two separate flats in a two story detached annex building to form a new single family dwelling
Originally two flats forming part of a detached annexed two-storey cottage, Glas combined both into a single dwelling for a senior couple in their eighties.
Downscaling from the large detached Victorian town house next-door, Glas were tasked with developing a sustainable contemporary solution to the clients needs.
Re-configuring the property into a single home involved addressing the clients’ requirement for suitable access, key views onto a mature fuchsia bush, and a ground-floor sunroom.
Remodelling the front of the cottage, resulted in a ‘back-to-front’ extension that is crisp, confident and adds a new warm focal point to the existing house, with its interplay of shifting and projecting volumes clad in Western Red Cedar timber rain-screen of varying strip widths.
Flush, frameless and wrap-around roof-lights provide improved levels of daylight; and a new external west-facing sundeck ensures some sunny outdoor space.
Data
- Begun: Jun 2010
- Completed: Feb 2011
- Floor area: 146m2
- Sector: House
- Total cost: £237,000
- Procurement: JCT Minor Works
- Address: Fuchsia Cottage, 2 Putney Park Avenue, Putney, London, SW15 5QN, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Glas Architects
- Client: Mr & Mrs Malleson
- Project manager: James Hume
- Building Contractor: Orange Homes Construction Ltd
- Structural engineer: Milk Structures
