Category: Residential

4 RUSSELL GARDENS, KENSINGTON, LONDON.

The Project:

This project involves the conversion and extension of an existing embassy building into four flats and a shop unit at ground floor. 

We proposed to reinstate original architectural features such as stone window surrounds, as well as replace the plastic windows for painted timber sliding sashes and remove the external paint from the red facing brickwork.  We obtained planning approval for the change of use and a two storey rear extension in Elsham Road.

82 LONDON ROAD, SHENLEY

The Project:

Located in the heart of the Conservation Area in Shenley on the borders of Middlesex in Hertfordshire, this site is currently occupied by the former King Willian Public House.  In this proposal we retained and reconfigured the public House and extended it to the side and rear to create a block of six apartments with car parking at the rear.  This was a low key response within a Conservation Area that retained a well-know local landmark.

Steady Progress At Grade II Listed Manor House

Steady progress in being made at Aldington Manor. The stone and block work, for the extension has reached chest height in only two days, due to the fantastic job by Stanleys Quarry (www.cotswoldstone.com), of cutting the stone to perfect accuracy.

Some of the blocks were up to 800mm long and have been laid on lime putty. The joints were face pointed in lime putty mortar, made of a mix of lime putty and stone dust, to keep with the age of the existing house.