Bradmore Way

Coulsdon, South London

Harp & Harp completed seven new homes on the site of one tired post-war house in Coulsdon. The scheme provides a mixed community within a single form, with dwellings ranging from two-bedroom flats and innovative split-level maisonettes, up to four-bedroom houses.

Architecturally it is a contemporary interpretation of the predominant interwar vernacular of the surrounding streets: recognisable forms, crisply executed. Red brick and clay tiled roofs, projecting brick detail to the gables, gauged arches over the entrances, and green-painted steel balustrades to the terraces and balconies that look out across the valley.

Steeply pitched gable end in red brick, with green balustrades to the terrace and red front doors.
Red brick homes with green balustrades, seen from the paved court between them.
Vaulted upper-floor living space with a rooflight and doors opening onto the balcony
Gable elevation with projecting brick detailing set into the red brickwork
Clay tiled roofscape of the new homes rising above the neighbouring houses
Gauged brick arch cut into the base of the building, opening to the terraces beyond
Private terrace with brick planters and a green metal balustrade, looking into mature trees
Close view of the gauged brick arch springing from the textured brick beneath
Dormer window with dark lead cheeks set into the clay tiled roof, above green-framed windows
Front doors to two of the homes, set within a gauged brick arch above a paved path
Balcony with green metal balustrade and timber decking, looking out across the wooded valley
Green-framed corner window beneath the sloping ceiling of a room
Ground-floor room with red-framed sliding doors opening to the paved terrace

Photos by Adam Scott.