Residential

We took on the task of addressing the rapidly declining state of the interior, which is split up into numerous flats across four floors, focusing on Flat no. 2 located on the first floor. The Gloucester Terrace residence had undergone several dramatic changes in recent years, no more so than its conversion from a terrace house into flats. As consequence of these alterations many of the original internal architectural features were lost. For example, the existing suspended plasterboard ceilings were installed during the conversion and positioned approx. 500 mm below the original ceiling (which was fully removed). During our investigations we established that there was no evidence of any original cornices or picture rails above the existing suspended ceiling.

Feeling the need to liberate the interior from the drab, run down state that it had become, the client whished for us to create a state of the art apartment for him, with a modern décor, transforming the space through contextually innovative design solutions. We remained committed to maintaining the integrity of the Grade 2 Listed building while needing to alter some of the non-load bearing walls to accommodate our clients growing family.

All relevant alterations to the property comply with the current Building Regu- lations Standards; while no external alterations were made, except repairing the cracks in the front and rear balcony concrete floors and repainting of the balustrade. All alterations were carefully executed, matching the existing type of paint and colours from the terrace. Our proposal maintains the integrity and architectural value of the flat and as such, no architectural features of the original historical fabric have been replaced or removed.