Chiddingstone

A mid-terrace Victorian house on the Peterborough Estate in Fulham, built out on three levels in one fourteen-month programme. The clients host family and friends from Britain and overseas, so the plan had to work from the front door to the garden.

Malin & Lynn took all three through planning and we built them together. We excavated a full basement and extended the ground floor to the rear and across the side return. A loft and pod went on at second-floor level. The dining room sits in the middle of the ground floor with glazed screens either side. From it you can see the front living room, the kitchen and the garden.

One fixed rooflight covers the whole side return. A second staircase, set away from the main one, drops into the basement under a rooflight of its own. Its handrail was hand-carved in timber, with metal spindles.

The kitchen units are dark with ribbed fronts, under light stone worktops and a matching splashback. The extractor hood was made bespoke in antique brass. Fluted timber and brass carry through the vanity units and fitted storage upstairs.