Mews House, Central London Residence, SW7 Property, Kensington and Chelsea Home Design, Images, Architecture

Mews House in Central London

Thurloe & Smith’s Charity Conservation Area Residential Development design by JDA, UK

20 Jan 2016

Mews House, Kensington and Chelsea

Design: JDA

Location: Courtfield, Brompton & Hans Town wards, south Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Central London, SW7, England, UK

An example of JDA’s Mews House developments in central London is this 1980s terrace mews house within The Thurloe & Smith’s Charity Conservation Area.

A new basement was built under the footprint of the existing house and a new internal stair now link the ground floor to the new basement. The basement provides a bedroom, bathroom and living/reading area. Natural light to the basement comes from a new opening adjacent to front ground floor window and stairway.

To first floor, the bi-folding French doors lead from the landing and bedroom onto the enclosed terrace. Maximum amount of natural light filters through the house and allowing for a greater open plan feel to what is essentially a confined space.

New roof lights help to bring in natural light through the main core of the house, which consists of the stairwell linking Basement, Ground and First Floor. The lights flood right the way through the central core into the basement space minimising the need to use artificial lighting and the properties energy consumption as a result.