Durham Road

Wimbledon, South London

A complete whole house renovation and extension of a family home in Wimbledon. A key priority was to create a greater physical and visual connection to the extensive garden, something missing from the existing arrangement. This is resolved through a new kitchen and dining space at the rear of the house, opening onto a landscaped terrace and the wider garden beyond.

Extensions to both first and second floors provided the opportunity for a series of generous double bedrooms with large new windows and Juliet balconies looking over the garden. Externally, the extension is a contemporary reinterpretation of the Arts and Crafts style of the original house. Internally, details such as the bespoke furniture, oak skirtings and window reveals lend the house warmth and a crafted feel. Harp & Harp provided a full service including architecture, interior and kitchen design.

Selected as one of London’s best home extensions in the NLA’s Don’t Move, Improve! 2018.

Rear of the house from the garden, a red brick extension below white render and a gabled roof
Window seat and bespoke oak shelving beside folding doors, with a leather armchair below
Galley kitchen lit by a long rooflight, looking out to a Juliet balcony over the garden
Kitchen with blue-green units, oak open shelving and a patterned tiled floor beneath a rooflight
Boot room with a blue-grey bench, coat hooks and floating shelves above
Blue dresser joinery with an oak-lined open shelf holding cups and a model ship
Full-height blue cupboards framed in oak, meeting the herringbone floor
Twin basins on an oak counter beneath two mirrors, against a marble splashback
Bathroom under a sloping ceiling with a rooflight, lined in marble tiles

Living room with a fireplace and television set into oak and blue-green joinery

Photographs by Mariell Lind Hansen.

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