Ovington Street
Ovington Street
This project entailed the refurbishment and extension of a Grade 2 Listed townhouse in Chelsea. The space has been reconfigured throughout, to provide a fewer number of larger rooms, with additions to the top and bottom of the house increasing its volume by approximately a quarter.
At the Lower Ground level, where the space opens to the rear garden, traces of the original structure have been deliberately retained as the geometric guidelines for a new otherwise largely open space – establishing a hierarchy of living space, kitchen, study, library and stairwell.
The lime finished English Oak staircase is part of a unified joinery element that combines high level library, pull out writing desk, secret compartments and mobile library steps.
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The compact extension occupies the footprint of a previously existing add-on, however the volume has been maximized to create a new double height garden window that brings light deep into the middle of the plan at both lower and upper ground levels.
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