UK follow Studio Hallett Ike has accomplished the renovation and extension of a gothic-style lodge within the grounds of a London cemetery.
Named Cemetery Home, the Grade II-listed Victorian lodge was initially designed by Thomas Little in 1855 as a vicarage home accompanying two chapels in Paddington Cemetery in Kilburn, north west London.
Alongside the refurbishment of the present lodge’s inside, Studio Hallett Ike prolonged its floor and first flooring with areas designed to have what it referred to as a “rustic sensibility,” with nods to its unique gothic character.
“The design seeks to reconcile the disciplined formality of the unique structure with a heat, rustic sensibility influenced by Mediterranean and mid-century Californian references,” stated the studio. “The result’s a relaxed and grounded structure that balances openness with intimacy.”
On the bottom flooring, a brand new central axis connects the doorway of Cemetery Home immediately with the backyard by means of full-height glass doorways within the extension, serving to to open up the lodge’s previously compartmentalised plan.
The house’s dwelling areas sit linked however divided by modifications in degree, with a raised eating space and sunken dialog pit positioned alongside a kitchen housed inside the new extension.
“The stepped association defines hierarchy and function, creating distinction with out separation,” defined the studio.
“What was as soon as a mobile and disconnected association is now a sequence of hierarchical areas unified by materials and proportion.”
This kitchen options full-height sliding glass doorways that open out onto a refurbished backyard, the place a stepped concrete patio and outside fire are wrapped by a white stucco wall.
Inside, a stone island on the kitchen’s centre is surrounded by areas of full-height storage that had been constructed from darkish and knotty Pippy oak.
Upstairs, the house’s first flooring has been prolonged with a brand new dressing room and ensuite lavatory, centred round a big micro-cement bathtub and travertine sinks.
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This lavatory connects to the bed room by means of a big, pointed arch opening, designed to imitate the lodge’s unique gothic-style window surrounds.
Externally, the extensions had been completed in pale Petersen Kolumba brick, with the bottom flooring extension topped by an in-situ case concrete spandrel beam.
“Deep reveals and exact brick articulation introduce depth and solidity, whereas massive glazed pivot doorways set up a direct visible hyperlink to a re-imagined courtyard backyard,” stated the studio.
“As a studio, the intention stays to hold out a small variety of sturdy however easy interventions which can be constantly utilized and rigorously detailed,” Studio Hallett Ike stated.
“Cemetery Home embodies this method – quietly assured, minimal, and timeless,” it added.
Studio Hallett Ike was based in 2018 by Jonty Hallett and Madeleine Ike.
Earlier tasks by the follow embrace the refurbishment of a Victorian townhouse in east London through a collection of “delicate changes” to its beforehand cramped interiors and a darkish brick extension to a London flat.
The pictures is by Michael Sinclair.
