BURDENSHOTT AVENUE

Burdenshott Avenue was one of the last houses on this Richmond street to be altered and one of the largest. The project was to design 3 additions to the house at the rear side and the roof of the property. Designed during the post-Brexit/COVID steel shortage; instead of the traditional masonry cavity wall construction, a composite timber-brick structure was developed with a 2 storey shear stud wall to lighten the load on our oversized steel beams and any existing foundations.

For this project we designed a pitched roof with large bifolding doors for the garden extension to emphasise the feeling of light and space for the client, simultaneously improving the building’s connection with the outside. The sloped rear dormer wall allowed us to remove the gutter and build in some bespoke indoor seating at the roof level. The side extension opened up the first floor and second floors to include 3 new large bathrooms for the 5 bedroom house. The porch at the front of the property is a ghost of the rear garden extension, including a small taster of its hand-finished charred timber cladding.