MEWS HOUSE

The project involved the extension and alterations to the existing mews property which adjoined the main house on Cleveden Drive, as well as reinstating the historical separation between the two properties.

The extension involved a two-storey rear extension which doubled the size of the existing property, which sympathetically respecting the character of the area.

Externally, we used new blonde sandstone to match the existing wall and mews house as the primary material to ground the extension into its surroundings, along with re-using sandstone taken from the demolition works involved in the project. The roof, too, continues the existing slate pitched roof over the extension to the mews, forming a cohesive extension to the existing building mass. The drawing uses zinc to the upper section of the rear elevation, and black stained timber to the upper windows, the entrance doors and the gate set within the ground floor ‘wall’ elevation.

Internally, the extension to the mews allows the ground floor to be opened up to create a more modern kitchen, dining and living space, new feature staircase and double height gallery library, as well as separate home office space. New feature sliding doors opens the ground floor out into the private mews garden as well as bringing in lots of natural light.