London · Est. 2005
Meadow Grove
A four-bedroom family house in a quiet Barnes street, organised around a triple-height stair and a lower-ground living suite that follows the south arc of the garden.
A house that follows its corner.
The site is a tight corner plot in a quiet street of pitched-roof neighbours. The brief asked for a four-bedroom family house that would respect the neighbours' garden views and read as part of the street, while opening generously onto its own south-facing garden at the back.
We angled the rear of the house to keep the neighbours' sightlines clear; those same angles cut pointed living spaces at lower-ground and ground floor that turn out towards the mature trees. The first floor is laid out asymmetrically to fit three bedrooms and bathrooms, with a master suite tucked into the roof.
The main stair is held at the front of the house and runs through three storeys as a single triple-height volume. A second, angular stair drops into a double-height lower-ground level: a cinema room, a quiet living space and a small cocktail bar.
Materials run warm and tonal: natural clay plaster, dark timber, marble and a power-floated ice-white concrete floor. A single monolithic island anchors the kitchen.
"Mornings, the light comes in through the leaves. By evening it's on the stair, all the way down."
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