residence
Colin MacInnes, 2024
2 Chalford Road, SE21 8BX
A small Victorian end-terrace cottage, extended and retrofitted to allow its long term owner to continue enjoying her home into the future. A very small site, and strict planning restrictions led to an unusual inverted roof design, with an exposed structure of steel and douglas fir. The result is a complete transformation of a previously rather dark and constrained ground floor.
Gipsy Hill, West Dulwich
The site is easily accessed using a nearby stop on bus route 3.
Although there is no full level access, the main area of the house is accessible via a single relatively small step.
10:00–17:00
10:00–17:00
A retrofit refurbishment and extension of a small terrace house. The principal aim of this project was to allow the owner, who is a long term resident of the street, to continue to live comfortably in the house into the future.
The original house had very steep stairs, was uninsulated and suffered from damp. In addition, there was very little connection between the main living area and the small rear garden.
The project completely reconfigured the ground floor layout, to provide a much better connection to the garden and much more daylight in the living area. The stairs are now safer and comply with modern standards. A small toilet has been added upstairs and the whole building has been insulated, using a mixture of internal and external insulation.
The very small site and some quite strict planning constraints meant that the layout needed careful consideration, in order to fit in all the functional requirements while creating an interesting and enjoyable space that is quite dramatically different from what existed before. These constraints also led to quite an unusual inverted roof structure over the new rear extension, constructed using steel and douglas fir timber.
On view will be the main ground floor space and the small back garden. Although there is not fully level access, the main space can be accessed via one relatively small step.
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Designed by Charles Barry Jr in the Victorian Gothic style, it has been a landmark in Dulwich since it was painted by the French Impressionist Camille Pissarro in 1870. There is a fine fresco painted by Sir Edward Poynter in the chancel.
Charles Barry Junior, 1868
