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Victorian Semi House Extension in London
Updated Real Estate Development, Westminster, London, England, UK – design by Rider Stirland Architects
19 Jun 2019
Victorian Semi House Extension
Design: Rider Stirland Architects
Location: London, England, UK
Victorian Semi House Extension

Rider Stirland Architects’ clients bought this large Victorian house looking to make it their long term family home. They wanted to invest in the property to make an improvement to their quality and enjoyment of life. Key to their brief was to extend to the rear to form a new open-plan kitchen, living and dining room. The original kitchen-diner was incredibly cold for six months of the year (to the point of being uninhabitable!), so options for improving thermal performance and heating systems were also to be explored.
At ground floor level, a large rear extension projects back to form a flexible new room for dining, entertaining, and general family life. The new space is open to the reconfigured kitchen so that there is a good social connection between the two. A new utility room and WC are neatly accommodated into a pocket of space behind the kitchen.

The rear extension is formed in stock brickwork, with a full-width glazed opening facing onto the back garden. Sliding doors peel back over a level threshold to allow a free flowing connection between the inside and outside. A structur...