Track Record/London Boroughs

Listed Building/Westminster/ Westminster Restoration

Ebury Street in Pimlico has had a chequered history. A stone’s throw from the Houses of Parliament it was quite grand when built in the 1830’s and then gently declined to one of the toughest slums in Westminster before beginning a re-gentrification in the last thirty years. For HEAT the project was the conversion and upgrading of a maisonette incorporating a lower ground floor looking out into a light well. We roofed over the light well with very lightweight glazed roofs and created a studio/library in the basement; inspired by the tiered galleries at the rear of the Soane Museum.

A large London Plane tree overshadowed the courtyard garden, so for evenings and night we hung a projector lamp in the tree which cast a leaf pattern onto the stone floor. The tree also filtered the daylight into the rooms in an interesting way that changed and so after weeks of trial and error we created a new paint colour for the interior which appeared to change with the seasons and, rather egotistically, christened it “Humphries White”.

Custom-made lighting, a stainless steel kitchen and a structural glass oriel window were some of the contemporary choices that work with the historic listed building.

Project 056

Won/05.02.04

Kensington & Chelsea/ Notting Hill Lateral Thinking

A trip to Venice was the inspiration for the layout of this stucco fronted house in Notting Hill. It is possible to circulate around the “Piano Nobile” of a Venetian House without entering the principal salon. In this case we  connected one room to another to create a horseshoe shaped series of rooms leading from the family room to the kitchen to the dining room to the sitting room and finally to the study; all accessible from a hallway containing the entrance, staircase and loo.

A planning consent from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea for an annexe at the rear allows the re-planning of the basement.

Published: Sunday Telegraph, April 18 2004

Project 051

Won/27.01.04

Islington/ New Retail in Islington

HEAT were asked for their planning expertise to create a new shopfront for a retail unit in Islington. This required planning and advertisement consent which was obtained after negotiation with the conservation team.

Project 064

Won/10.11.03

Richmond/ Twickenham refurbishment

HEAT have gained planning consent from the London Borough of Richmond for the conversion and extension of a cottage in Twickenham. This was a comprehensive scheme that involved stripping the house, which was in terribly neglected condition, back to bare bones and re-configuring it. Nevertheless it was economical and the entire scheme was completed in six months including planning consent. Normally the extension would not have required planning permission, but the permitted development rights in this area of the borough had been removed by means of a rather draconian “article 4 direction” so that the conservation team can control the details of developments.

Project 062

Won/10.10.03

Islington/Listed Building/ New Use for Basement

HEAT have obtained Planning and Listed Building consents to convert the basement of a former industrial building in Clerkenwell to provide a very valuable A3 restaurant consent. This involved detailed negotiation with the Chief Conservation Officer at Islington Council. The warehouse still had many original features, which were retained and enhanced.  A new entrance and staircase were created in a former loading bay with a contemporary feel. The premises were let to J.D .Wetherspoons, maximising the rental from an unused space in an economical way.

Project 023

Won/30.09.03

Islington/ Islington Extension

HEAT negotiated a relatively straightforward planning consent to rebuild a ramshackle rear extension in this Victorian terraced house in Barnsbury, Islington. The alterations allowed the reconfiguration of the lower floors in a much more efficient way.

Project 050

Won/08.06.03

Wandsworth/ Wandsworth transformation

In a fashionable corner of Clapham HEAT have gained planning consent for the complete refurbishment of a four storey family home. The main alteration was to rebuild the rear extension on two levels and to re-plan the basement. Basements in London houses were often a warren of small rooms and parlours with low headroom and the key to this transformation was to lower the floor and bring natural light deep into the plan using structural glass panels set into the floor. We opened up the basement plan creating fantastic circulation and contemporary open spaces whilst leaving practical smaller spaces around it for a snug, larder and staff bedroom.

This was a sophisticated scheme which was designed to blend perfectly with the original house and link to the luxurious garden at the rear.

Project 045

Won/06.06.03

Lambeth/Listed Building/ Listed House in Stockwell

Stockwell, in the London Borough of Lambeth is home to some of London’s most interesting Georgian and early Victorian houses. This terraced house has an impressive frontage onto a tree lined crescent, but is only one room deep.

HEAT obtained planning and listed building consent for refurbishment, particularly of the basement including restoration of missing railings and re-landscaping the front garden.

Project 042

Barnet/ Bishops Avenue Planning

Having previously worked on a large contemporary new-build house in the Bishops Avenue in Hampstead, we were invited to assist in modifying a recently constructed house nearby. Working on behalf of  Alhadeff Architects, HEAT obtained planning consent for alterations  to this large private house to suit the new owners. The layouts were revised to be more family friendly and the exterior design was re-visited to make it more contemporary. HEAT also dealt with building control consents.

Won/14.04.03

Developer/Islington/ Clerkenwell Warehouse Conversion

HEAT have obtained a valuable consent from the London Borough of Islington to convert a C19th warehouse of 25,000 sq ft in Clerkenwell into residential use. We created ten flats and three live-work units, and retained 4000 sq ft of B1 use, adding additional space at roof level. The flats were generously proportioned with high ceilings and floor to ceiling windows and provide genuine loft living in the city. The scheme was drawn up and planning obtained within four months of appointment.

Project 057

Won/04.04.03