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4a-6 Grove Lane
4a-6 Grove Lane
London, United Kingdom
Project Featured on Jan 08, 2016
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4a-6 Grove Lane
London, United Kingdom
Project Featured on Jan 08, 2016
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2015
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
BUDGET
Undisclosed
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4a-6 Grove Lane sits within a Southwark Conservation Area that contains some of the finest Georgian houses in London. The long, thin, wedge-shaped site had lain derelict for decades before being purchased by the current owner.
Our design for a new-build, which comprises a small shop and maisonette, aims to respect the wider conservation area and repair a ‘missing tooth’ in the street frontage to Grove Lane with a sensitive and affectionate use of the prevailing architectural language. The elevation is deliberately split into three to echo the plot width of neighbouring terraces and relies heavily on high quality detailing to lift it beyond pastiche.
These details include the use of lime-mortar render and reclaimed stock bricks which give a softer and more chalky appearance to the elevations than could be achieved with modern cement mortar and machine-made bricks.
Similarly, traditional linseed oil paint is used on the sash window frames (it smells good and ages beautifully) and the frames themselves are recessed into the brickwork to keep their visible width traditionally thin. ‘Crown’ glass used in the hand-finished shop front is intentionally wobbly to prevent the building looking too crisp and the cast iron balcony fronts are traditionally made using the same moulds as the older buildings next door.
But the proof of the pudding is in the eating - for us, the success of the design was sealed when a local blog referred to this brand new building as a ‘refurbishment’.
Our design for a new-build, which comprises a small shop and maisonette, aims to respect the wider conservation area and repair a ‘missing tooth’ in the street frontage to Grove Lane with a sensitive and affectionate use of the prevailing architectural language. The elevation is deliberately split into three to echo the plot width of neighbouring terraces and relies heavily on high quality detailing to lift it beyond pastiche.
These details include the use of lime-mortar render and reclaimed stock bricks which give a softer and more chalky appearance to the elevations than could be achieved with modern cement mortar and machine-made bricks.
Similarly, traditional linseed oil paint is used on the sash window frames (it smells good and ages beautifully) and the frames themselves are recessed into the brickwork to keep their visible width traditionally thin. ‘Crown’ glass used in the hand-finished shop front is intentionally wobbly to prevent the building looking too crisp and the cast iron balcony fronts are traditionally made using the same moulds as the older buildings next door.
But the proof of the pudding is in the eating - for us, the success of the design was sealed when a local blog referred to this brand new building as a ‘refurbishment’.
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