• Complete Refurbishment
• Double-height rear extension
• 5 Bedrooms, 4 bathrooms
• Architecture and Project Management
• Landscape Design
• Interior Design
• Furniture, Accessories and Styling

Our brief at Greenwich House was to create the ultimate haven from demanding City jobs, creating a restorative home, with individuality and personality - for cosy evenings by the fire and relaxing weekends entertaining friends.

The house required a complete refurbishment. The central staircase compromised flow, especially on the ground floor, while a rear addition had left the kitchen and back reception room isolated from the split-level garden. An existing semi-basement opened on to the lower garden level but, disconnected from the ground floor this space lacked purpose.

A touch of glamour is added to the dining area by a bespoke drinks cabinet, which is clad in polished brass sheet and recessed into the joinery wall. A pair of doors ingeniously open and fold back across the brass-clad bookshelves to reveal the cabinet interior with its sparkling glass racks and marble mixing station.

The floor of the rear addition has been opened up to the semi-basement, creating a stunning double-height winter garden, across which light floods into the kitchen. A salvaged cast iron spiral staircase and an exposed brick wall links the two levels, while a sitting area at the foot of the winter garden, under double-height glazed doors, forms the perfect spot to relax.

Our client’s love of gardening influenced the design. The winter garden, with its terracotta floor and subtropical plants, creates a buffer between the house and the re-planned rear garden. At the back of the winter garden, behind secret doors is a new ‘potting room’ with zinc-topped workbench. Alongside is a glazed wine store, with its oak shelving adding warmth to the scheme.

The garden itself has been conceived as a series of ‘rooms,’ each with its own identity, but united by the spine of a rock garden, arranged across the split in levels. Working this carefully around existing mature planting has resulted in a richness that reflects the vibrant interior of the house.

At the front of the house, we removed clumsy additions to restore the original frontage. To the right a large boot room, with bespoke built-in storage, now enables everything to be put away and the generous entrance hall to remain calm. Opposite, the snug has been completely refurbished, with an open fire and warm tones creating a cosy feel.

With a single continuous timber handrail, the new oak staircase gracefully winds its way up through the house. A large rooflight drops natural light down from above.

The first floor now incorporates a homely study, a guest bedroom and bathroom, and the master suite. This features a central dressing room, with bespoke wardrobes under an ornate pink ceiling, a marble clad bathroom and the master bedroom.

The house is now a warm and individual home, filled with light, texture and detail. The owner’s extensive art collection has influenced the colour schemes and finishes in each room, and the new furniture and accessories dress the finished house to perfection.