HANOVER TERRACE

Year: 2004
Contract value: £ 1,050,000

This Nash terraced house is a Grade 1-listed building in Regent's Park with the Crown Estate as freeholder.

The brief required complete refurbishment to fit the historic building for a modern lifestyle. The Client’s specific requirement was for the creation of an environment where the family could live a full and informal life. They were interested in incorporating within the design the latest technology available as far as “intelligent home” and other services were concerned.
The main rooms, at ground and first floor, were restored and the front and rear rooms connected together with large openings. A large 2-storey glass extension was added to the rear of the building between the existing 3-storey rear wing of the house and the next-door house. The kitchen was formed within the rear wing at ground floor, with a large opening to connect it to the new glass extension. The glass extension was designed so that the only visible material is glass, except for the exposed steel beams between the two floors. The double-glazed door from the extension to the rear garden was designed without any steel structure. The floor within the glass extension was also made of structural glass in order to allow for light to percolate to the lower ground floor room of the main house.
The mews house was entirely remodelled as no original features remained. The first floor was designed as a large studio, with a Murphy bed as part of the wardrobe, an open plan kitchen and a bathroom clad in black slate.
The ground floor of the mews consists of a large gym overlooking the garden, with two large glazed arched windows. The Jacuzzi, with its shower and steam room to the rear, is separated from the gym by a glass panel. The roof above the gym is partially covered with structural glass which becomes the floor of the terrace for the first floor.
This refurbishment demonstrates once more how the use of contemporary language within an historic structure can achieve an exciting result. The usage of glass has allowed the original fabric of the building to be read through and the interplay between old and new to be exposed and celebrated.