A later Victorian terrace in Holland Park, restored and extended with restrained stone and crafted detailing.

The image shows the exterior of a brick residential building with several windows, some with white balconies and some with bars. The lower part of the image displays a small garden with trimmed bushes and some leafy plants, and a stone pavement in the foreground.
A tree with sparse yellow and green leaves in front of a residential building with brick and white trim. The building has four visible windows, a matching gate, and a black front door. Fallen leaves are scattered on the sidewalk and street.
View from inside a modern room through large glass sliding doors to a backyard with brick walls, stairs, plants, and trees.

This project transforms a late Victorian mid-terrace house in Holland Park with a sensitive combination of restoration and new intervention. Where possible, original period details were carefully reinstated, while newly constructed additions were designed with restrained, contemporary clarity, keeping old and new in dialogue rather than competition.

At the rear, two stacked stone-framed boxes form a double-storey extension, their proportions and setbacks responding to the rhythm of the existing elevation. A newly formed basement introduces a sunken courtyard and simple, cut-out openings, bringing light and landscape deep into the home.

A modern staircase with a white curved wall and grey steps, located in a bright room with light wood flooring.
Modern interior hallway with glass wall, staircase, and wooden flooring, illuminated by natural light from a window.
A close-up of a brown metal drawer knob on a gray wooden drawer, with a blurred white object in the background.

The project also includes bespoke ironmongery, designed in collaboration with izé, where simple reeded knobs and pull handles carry the same crafted sensibility as the architecture. These small details extend the design language of the house down to the level of the hand.

Together, restoration and innovation create a home where Victorian character and modern living meet in balance, a considered layering of periods rather than a single, dominant statement.

Modern white dining room with a rectangular table, white chairs, and a window showing a brick wall outside.
Modern kitchen with white cabinetry, glass doors, and a view of a backyard garden with trees and bushes.
Modern living room with a large glass sliding door separating it from a stairwell and interior courtyard. Contains dark brown leather sofas, a patterned rug, and a coffee table with a Travel Guides book on top.

Completed 2012
Photography by Dusan Todorovic 

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