House For Sale £1,425,000
The design for this unique house in Brackenbury Village was the outcome of a lively collaboration between its current owners and Patrick Lewis architects. The inside spaces of the traditional London townhouse have been completely reimagined, using stepped levels and soaring double-height ceilings to remake its period proportions with exemplary vision. Six large-scale artworks that engage with the building’s rich past are permanently installed in the house, intersecting its bright and flexible spaces.
The house measures over 1,280 sq ft internally and has a private south-facing garden. Planning permission was granted in December 2017 to convert and extend the basement, creating a fifth storey with direct access to the outside space.
The house forms part of an elegant cluster of period shops and houses at the southern end of Brackenbury Road. Patrick Lewis’ design process began with an investigation into the building’s history which revealed that it was home to a family of printers-turned-drapers for a period of over thirty years in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The current owners also feel a deep sense of connection with textile art and fabric, and so took inspiration from this to formulate an interior plan that is truly contemporary.
A series of models (pictured) made as part of the architectural process demonstrate the fluid nature of the spaces. Ribbons of fabric emerge from a ‘sewing box’ clad in bands of oak and larch in the double-height bedroom. Made by Deepa Panchamia and Anna Glover, these delicate artworks are directed into the centre of the house via a bespoke staircase with steel handrails that morphs into a loom-like frame. In the living room, a hand stitched textile by Jennifer Hollidge runs through the handrail.
The ground-floor hallway is incredibly bright, its original shop windows slightly obscured by cut-fabric panels that throw dappled sunlight across its minimal white walls. Lewis’ design is both intellectual and visceral; open spaces with clean white lines and reclaimed-oak floors engender a prevailing sense of calm. There is also access to the basement on the ground floor, which has doors onto the garden.
At the rear of the ground-floor plan is the ‘winter room’, where the overall treatment of the spaces differs from the upper rooms. Blue tones echo the building’s façade and recycled snooker-table slate was used to create the fireplace. At the rear, large double doors open over the south-facing garden. Two bespoke tapestries hand woven by West Dean Tapestry Studio adorn the walls.
This house was conceived as a complete artistic concept. The renovations have been executed with incredible attention to detail and there are bespoke elements in every room. On the first floor, reclaimed-timber floorboards run throughout the open-plan living space and into a handmade kitchen, painted again with deep blue tones that mirror those used outside.
Upstairs, the master bedroom is voluminous. Intricately twisting artworks intersect the space, emanating from a beautifully crafted wood-clad wall that conceals a dressing room. There also is a study / second bedroom on the top level of the house.
Brackenbury Road can be found at the heart of wonderful Brackenbury Village, just south of the Goldhawk Road. The local Andover Arms is excellent, as is Pekoe Mellow Tea House. Stenton’s butcher is also a much-loved local shop.
Thanks in no small part to Leith’s School of Food and Wine, the area is becoming synonymous with a growing ‘foodie’ culture, with a number of good pubs and a Ginger Pig butchers just a short walk to the north. The Eagle with its popular bohemian garden and excellent menu is opposite and The Oak, now a pizza restaurant is seconds away on Goldhawk Road. The area also has several ‘outstanding’ and ‘good’ rated schools for all ages.
Shepherd’s Bush, home to one of London’s Westfield centres is within walking distance as is White City, a little further north. The recently renovated Television Centre is at the centre of an exciting regeneration of the area, with independent restaurants such as Kricket, a cinema and the new Soho House members’ club, White City House. Also nearby is White City Place, a creative campus with restaurants, shops and museums, and new home to rca’s Schools of Communication, Humanities, and Architecture.bbc building
Well positioned for transport, the nearest stations are Goldhawk Road, Ravenscourt Park and Hammersmith or a little further to Shepherd’s Bush (Central Line and London Overground). Holland Park, Notting Hill and Central London are easily accessible by bus or tube. Easy access to the Westway provides a fast route out of London to the West, towards Heathrow Airport and the M4.
The house measures over 1,280 sq ft internally and has a private south-facing garden. Planning permission was granted in December 2017 to convert and extend the basement, creating a fifth storey with direct access to the outside space.
The house forms part of an elegant cluster of period shops and houses at the southern end of Brackenbury Road. Patrick Lewis’ design process began with an investigation into the building’s history which revealed that it was home to a family of printers-turned-drapers for a period of over thirty years in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The current owners also feel a deep sense of connection with textile art and fabric, and so took inspiration from this to formulate an interior plan that is truly contemporary.
A series of models (pictured) made as part of the architectural process demonstrate the fluid nature of the spaces. Ribbons of fabric emerge from a ‘sewing box’ clad in bands of oak and larch in the double-height bedroom. Made by Deepa Panchamia and Anna Glover, these delicate artworks are directed into the centre of the house via a bespoke staircase with steel handrails that morphs into a loom-like frame. In the living room, a hand stitched textile by Jennifer Hollidge runs through the handrail.
The ground-floor hallway is incredibly bright, its original shop windows slightly obscured by cut-fabric panels that throw dappled sunlight across its minimal white walls. Lewis’ design is both intellectual and visceral; open spaces with clean white lines and reclaimed-oak floors engender a prevailing sense of calm. There is also access to the basement on the ground floor, which has doors onto the garden.
At the rear of the ground-floor plan is the ‘winter room’, where the overall treatment of the spaces differs from the upper rooms. Blue tones echo the building’s façade and recycled snooker-table slate was used to create the fireplace. At the rear, large double doors open over the south-facing garden. Two bespoke tapestries hand woven by West Dean Tapestry Studio adorn the walls.
This house was conceived as a complete artistic concept. The renovations have been executed with incredible attention to detail and there are bespoke elements in every room. On the first floor, reclaimed-timber floorboards run throughout the open-plan living space and into a handmade kitchen, painted again with deep blue tones that mirror those used outside.
Upstairs, the master bedroom is voluminous. Intricately twisting artworks intersect the space, emanating from a beautifully crafted wood-clad wall that conceals a dressing room. There also is a study / second bedroom on the top level of the house.
Brackenbury Road can be found at the heart of wonderful Brackenbury Village, just south of the Goldhawk Road. The local Andover Arms is excellent, as is Pekoe Mellow Tea House. Stenton’s butcher is also a much-loved local shop.
Thanks in no small part to Leith’s School of Food and Wine, the area is becoming synonymous with a growing ‘foodie’ culture, with a number of good pubs and a Ginger Pig butchers just a short walk to the north. The Eagle with its popular bohemian garden and excellent menu is opposite and The Oak, now a pizza restaurant is seconds away on Goldhawk Road. The area also has several ‘outstanding’ and ‘good’ rated schools for all ages.
Shepherd’s Bush, home to one of London’s Westfield centres is within walking distance as is White City, a little further north. The recently renovated Television Centre is at the centre of an exciting regeneration of the area, with independent restaurants such as Kricket, a cinema and the new Soho House members’ club, White City House. Also nearby is White City Place, a creative campus with restaurants, shops and museums, and new home to rca’s Schools of Communication, Humanities, and Architecture.bbc building
Well positioned for transport, the nearest stations are Goldhawk Road, Ravenscourt Park and Hammersmith or a little further to Shepherd’s Bush (Central Line and London Overground). Holland Park, Notting Hill and Central London are easily accessible by bus or tube. Easy access to the Westway provides a fast route out of London to the West, towards Heathrow Airport and the M4.
