House For Sale £1,550,000
This award-winning two-bedroom home is one of two innovative solid-wood houses designed and built in 2007 by architects Emma Doherty, Amanda Menage and Kate Cheyne. The internal living spaces are beautifully light, extending to over 1,200 sq ft across three storeys, with a private south-facing terrace positioned on the second-floor level. The house occupies a quiet and secluded position off Bermondsey Street; a short walk from an excellent selection of local restaurants, Borough Market and London Bridge station.
The Tour
Set back from a terraced row of listed buildings, the mews site at Carmarthen Place was restored from a state of dereliction in the late 1990s, and developed in 2007 into its current iteration by the architects and the designer Amanda Menage and artist Robert Mosley.
The structural make-up of the two houses is comprised of a cassette system of sustainably sourced solid Slovenian Spruce and Siberian Larch, with a one metre wide triple-height void separating the two buildings. The solid wood panel system was constructed off-site and installed in 12 days, using a screw pile foundation system to reduce the disruption in the ground, which was of architectural interest.
The orientation of the house ensures privacy whilst optimising excellent levels of natural light throughout the course of the day. A private cobbled pathway leads to the gated entrance where there is a good provision of outside storage.
The plan provides great flexibility of use, with living and sleeping spaces easily interchangeable. An impressive triple-height hallway leads through to the two bedrooms positioned on the ground level, separated by a sliding pocket door. The bathroom has been beautifully executed and is positioned adjacently to the master bedroom. Bookshelves are set into the curved walls of the adjoining corridor, leading to an impressive solid English Oak staircase, providing access to the upper two storeys.
An open-plan kitchen and dining area occupies the first floor level, with cleverly conceived lightwells overhead drawing natural light through double height voids. Shuttered fenestration and sliding glass doors invite light to pour through into the kitchen area.
Every inch of space has been cleverly utilised; appliances are neatly housed within bespoke joinery, window seats have been built into curved walls to provide a wonderful position to sit and read, and lines of bookshelves are set within the staircase void.
The second floor houses a secondary living space, where sliding glass doors open the room onto a south-facing terrace, with a verdant living wall. An office is currently organised on the opposite side of the second storey, providing a quiet home workspace.
The house has been designed with an economy of space and energy in mind. The internal structure combines extensive insulation with membranes and batons and the solid timber floor finished in resin runs underfoot, strengthened with screed and embedded underfloor heating.
The interior walls are clad in timber, creating a calm interior aesthetic whilst providing an excellent absorbent and effective microclimate. Heat is effectively collected, stored and released to enable ease of regulating temperature, acoustics and humidity, whilst simultaneously filtering and purifying the air in each room.
The project won the 2007 Wood Awards Offsite Construction Award and this particular house has been twice included in London’s prestigious Open House weekend.
The Area
Bermondsey Street, an interesting mix of 18th-century houses, warehouses and 20th-century residential homes, has undergone a significant transformation over the previous quarter of a century. White Cube Bermondsey is nearby and Zandra Rhodes’ Fashion & Textile Museum is a short walk up the street.
There are excellent local restaurants within easy reach, including Café Murano, Pizarro, Jose Tapas, Casse Croute and 40 Maltby Street, and there is a multitude of other pubs, bars, cafes and retailers. Tanner Street Park provides a green oasis as well as four community tennis courts, and one block west is the landscaped Leathermarket Gardens, off Leathermarket Street. In addition to the permanent retail offerings, the street comes alive for the Bermondsey Street Festival every second Saturday in September.
The world-famous Borough Market is a short stroll away, as is Maltby Street Market and the Ropewalk, whilst at the bottom of Bermondsey Street, Kino Cinema offers a mix of first-run and arthouse films. For theatre lovers, the Bridge Theatre and the Menier Chocolate Factory are both within easy reach. The river is at the northern end of the street where you’ll find the walkways of More London Riverside, City Hall, the green space of Potters Fields Park, Tower Bridge and the restaurants and bars of Shad Thames.
The house is a short walk away from London Bridge station (Jubilee and Northern Lines, and national rail services), and a variety of bus routes.
The Tour
Set back from a terraced row of listed buildings, the mews site at Carmarthen Place was restored from a state of dereliction in the late 1990s, and developed in 2007 into its current iteration by the architects and the designer Amanda Menage and artist Robert Mosley.
The structural make-up of the two houses is comprised of a cassette system of sustainably sourced solid Slovenian Spruce and Siberian Larch, with a one metre wide triple-height void separating the two buildings. The solid wood panel system was constructed off-site and installed in 12 days, using a screw pile foundation system to reduce the disruption in the ground, which was of architectural interest.
The orientation of the house ensures privacy whilst optimising excellent levels of natural light throughout the course of the day. A private cobbled pathway leads to the gated entrance where there is a good provision of outside storage.
The plan provides great flexibility of use, with living and sleeping spaces easily interchangeable. An impressive triple-height hallway leads through to the two bedrooms positioned on the ground level, separated by a sliding pocket door. The bathroom has been beautifully executed and is positioned adjacently to the master bedroom. Bookshelves are set into the curved walls of the adjoining corridor, leading to an impressive solid English Oak staircase, providing access to the upper two storeys.
An open-plan kitchen and dining area occupies the first floor level, with cleverly conceived lightwells overhead drawing natural light through double height voids. Shuttered fenestration and sliding glass doors invite light to pour through into the kitchen area.
Every inch of space has been cleverly utilised; appliances are neatly housed within bespoke joinery, window seats have been built into curved walls to provide a wonderful position to sit and read, and lines of bookshelves are set within the staircase void.
The second floor houses a secondary living space, where sliding glass doors open the room onto a south-facing terrace, with a verdant living wall. An office is currently organised on the opposite side of the second storey, providing a quiet home workspace.
The house has been designed with an economy of space and energy in mind. The internal structure combines extensive insulation with membranes and batons and the solid timber floor finished in resin runs underfoot, strengthened with screed and embedded underfloor heating.
The interior walls are clad in timber, creating a calm interior aesthetic whilst providing an excellent absorbent and effective microclimate. Heat is effectively collected, stored and released to enable ease of regulating temperature, acoustics and humidity, whilst simultaneously filtering and purifying the air in each room.
The project won the 2007 Wood Awards Offsite Construction Award and this particular house has been twice included in London’s prestigious Open House weekend.
The Area
Bermondsey Street, an interesting mix of 18th-century houses, warehouses and 20th-century residential homes, has undergone a significant transformation over the previous quarter of a century. White Cube Bermondsey is nearby and Zandra Rhodes’ Fashion & Textile Museum is a short walk up the street.
There are excellent local restaurants within easy reach, including Café Murano, Pizarro, Jose Tapas, Casse Croute and 40 Maltby Street, and there is a multitude of other pubs, bars, cafes and retailers. Tanner Street Park provides a green oasis as well as four community tennis courts, and one block west is the landscaped Leathermarket Gardens, off Leathermarket Street. In addition to the permanent retail offerings, the street comes alive for the Bermondsey Street Festival every second Saturday in September.
The world-famous Borough Market is a short stroll away, as is Maltby Street Market and the Ropewalk, whilst at the bottom of Bermondsey Street, Kino Cinema offers a mix of first-run and arthouse films. For theatre lovers, the Bridge Theatre and the Menier Chocolate Factory are both within easy reach. The river is at the northern end of the street where you’ll find the walkways of More London Riverside, City Hall, the green space of Potters Fields Park, Tower Bridge and the restaurants and bars of Shad Thames.
The house is a short walk away from London Bridge station (Jubilee and Northern Lines, and national rail services), and a variety of bus routes.
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