House For Sale £2,450,000
This beautiful four-bedroom Victorian house occupies a wonderful position a short walk from the shops, restaurants and cafés of Salusbury Road in Queens Park. The house has been the subject of a sensitive extension and reconfiguration in recent years care of Takero Shimazaki of t-sa architects. A dramatic open-plan kitchen and dining room opens out at the rear of the house, beneath a run of angled skylights, with glazed doors opening directly to a beautiful mature garden and patio. Original Victorian features have been preserved throughout and sit in harmonious relation to the contemporary and sixties features which have been introduced throughout. Queen's Park, with its sweeping green spaces, tennis courts, café and Victorian bandstand, is less than five minutes' walk from the front door.
The Architect
t-sa is an architectural atelier focused on producing work of enduring tactile quality. Its methodology deeply engages with each character of each project's specific context and materiality. T-sa believes in working with what already exists on site in the most economical means, delivering enriched and renewed built life to each project. The notion of renewal is researched and investigated within the practice and through teaching at t-sa forum, the studio's own independently run research school.
T-sa was set up in 1996, founded by Yuli Toh and Takero Shimazaki. Formerly known as Toh Shimazaki Architecture, it works as a team discipline, often collaborating with designers, researchers and photographers on projects. Takero was the recent subject of one of The Modern House's 'Modern Pioneer' films, which you can watch here.
The Tour
The house presents a typically Victorian façade to the street; however, what were traditionally white stucco dressings have been repainted in black to establish a more contemporary impression—these contrast with London stock brick, a ground floor bay window and an elegant privet hedge. A short path leads to the front door via a small front garden. Entry is to a long hallway which dissects the plan from front to back.
A former double reception room occupies the front of the plan and is bathed in natural light care of the large bay window. White floorboards run across this section of the house in these rooms, contrasting nicely with the dark stained boards in the hallway. A grand Victorian fireplace in red marble acts as a focal point for the room, while pops of colour have been introduced in the form of 1960s German wallpaper, reclaimed from just before the fall of the Berlin wall. The second reception room opens seamlessly from the first and has a second fireplace of an identical style; the current owners use this space as a library.
The house's side return extension opens from the second reception room or via the hallway. These spaces form the heart of the home and exhibit Shimazaki's skill in the manipulation of natural light. The kitchen is configured to one side, with a large island opposite a long work surface and a bank of three angled skylights overhead. Stainless steel worktops emphasise the flow of natural light from above, while wide-format stained oak floorboards run across these spaces. Exposed brick runs along one wall, while the hob and extractor are located on the island, resulting in a highly practical set of preparation spaces.
The dining room is positioned in front of a set of glazed sliding doors, providing beautiful views of the garden. Pendant lights hang above, and a wood-burning stove is positioned next to this space, warming the room in cooler months. There is a further run of pendant lights behind the breakfast bar, offering inherent flexibility to this room and a number of possible configurations for gathering and entertaining. There is also a guest WC and a utility room on this floor of the house.
The first floor comprises three double bedrooms and a bathroom. The largest of the bedrooms sits at the front of the plan, with treetop views over Montrose Avenue through a run of three large sash windows. It has a large freestanding rolltop bath to one side, a heated towel rail, fitted wardrobes opposite and white-painted floorboards. The second bedroom is currently configured as an office at the rear of the plan. It has glazed doors which open to a balcony overlooking the garden. The third bedroom has fitted wardrobes and is positioned next to the bathroom. There is also a separate WC on this floor.
The second floor is given over to the fourth bedroom, which sits within the loft conversion. This bedroom is en-suite, with a shower room occupying one side of the plan. There is plenty of eaves storage and leafy views over the neighbouring gardens.
Outdoor Space
The house sits behind a small front garden, set back from the street behind a privet hedge. A large elm tree on the street gives the house a greater sense of privacy than its neighbours while casting a wonderful green light across the first floor in the summer months. The front garden is mostly laid to gravel with a short paved path leading to the front door and low-level planters beneath the bay window.
The back garden has been beautifully matured and presents a wall of green to the glazed doors that form the back of the house on this level. There is a decked patio immediately from the dining room, which leads to the rear of the garden via rich beds with mature plants and trees, including an array of perennials and palms, culminating in a large weeping willow tree, which conceals an additional dining and potting area at the foot of the garden.
The second bedroom on the first floor has a private balcony, which overlooks all of these features of the garden below and benefits from additional sunlight thanks to its height. The balustrade of the balcony is covered in climbing plants which soften the structure and frame the view of the garden on the ground floor from above.
The Area
Montrose Avenue is less than a five-minute walk from Queen's Park and joins Salusbury Road close to a branch of Gail’s bakery, Planet Organic, Provenance Butchers, Queens Park Books and both the Salusbury Wine Shop and The Salusbury Deli. A weekly farmer’s market is located at the primary school on the same road, while the popular Alice House and Salusbury Pub are recommended for food and drinks. The quiet and car-free Lonsdale Road offers further provisions from the likes of coffee roasters Milk Beach and brewery/bar Wolfpack. The Kiln Theatre is also close by.
Queens Park provides a wonderful pocket of greenery nearby, with its tennis courts, playground and children’s petting zoo. Paddington Recreation Ground is also close by, with a running track where Roger Bannister trained (renowned for his 4-minute mile), tennis courts, a nature trail and a children’s play area.
Several renowned secondary schools, such as University College School, South Hampstead, Channing, St Margarets and Arnold House, are around a 10-minute drive from the house. For younger children, the highly-rated Mulberry House School is a short walk away. Also within walking distance are the excellent Malorees, Christchurch, North West London School, Emmanuel C of E Primary School and Beckford School.
The house is a short walk from Queens Park Underground station (Bakerloo Line), Kilburn Underground station (Jubilee Line), and Brondesbury Overground station, with direct lines into East London. The A5 is close for easy routes to the north circular and out of London.
Council Tax Band: F
The Architect
t-sa is an architectural atelier focused on producing work of enduring tactile quality. Its methodology deeply engages with each character of each project's specific context and materiality. T-sa believes in working with what already exists on site in the most economical means, delivering enriched and renewed built life to each project. The notion of renewal is researched and investigated within the practice and through teaching at t-sa forum, the studio's own independently run research school.
T-sa was set up in 1996, founded by Yuli Toh and Takero Shimazaki. Formerly known as Toh Shimazaki Architecture, it works as a team discipline, often collaborating with designers, researchers and photographers on projects. Takero was the recent subject of one of The Modern House's 'Modern Pioneer' films, which you can watch here.
The Tour
The house presents a typically Victorian façade to the street; however, what were traditionally white stucco dressings have been repainted in black to establish a more contemporary impression—these contrast with London stock brick, a ground floor bay window and an elegant privet hedge. A short path leads to the front door via a small front garden. Entry is to a long hallway which dissects the plan from front to back.
A former double reception room occupies the front of the plan and is bathed in natural light care of the large bay window. White floorboards run across this section of the house in these rooms, contrasting nicely with the dark stained boards in the hallway. A grand Victorian fireplace in red marble acts as a focal point for the room, while pops of colour have been introduced in the form of 1960s German wallpaper, reclaimed from just before the fall of the Berlin wall. The second reception room opens seamlessly from the first and has a second fireplace of an identical style; the current owners use this space as a library.
The house's side return extension opens from the second reception room or via the hallway. These spaces form the heart of the home and exhibit Shimazaki's skill in the manipulation of natural light. The kitchen is configured to one side, with a large island opposite a long work surface and a bank of three angled skylights overhead. Stainless steel worktops emphasise the flow of natural light from above, while wide-format stained oak floorboards run across these spaces. Exposed brick runs along one wall, while the hob and extractor are located on the island, resulting in a highly practical set of preparation spaces.
The dining room is positioned in front of a set of glazed sliding doors, providing beautiful views of the garden. Pendant lights hang above, and a wood-burning stove is positioned next to this space, warming the room in cooler months. There is a further run of pendant lights behind the breakfast bar, offering inherent flexibility to this room and a number of possible configurations for gathering and entertaining. There is also a guest WC and a utility room on this floor of the house.
The first floor comprises three double bedrooms and a bathroom. The largest of the bedrooms sits at the front of the plan, with treetop views over Montrose Avenue through a run of three large sash windows. It has a large freestanding rolltop bath to one side, a heated towel rail, fitted wardrobes opposite and white-painted floorboards. The second bedroom is currently configured as an office at the rear of the plan. It has glazed doors which open to a balcony overlooking the garden. The third bedroom has fitted wardrobes and is positioned next to the bathroom. There is also a separate WC on this floor.
The second floor is given over to the fourth bedroom, which sits within the loft conversion. This bedroom is en-suite, with a shower room occupying one side of the plan. There is plenty of eaves storage and leafy views over the neighbouring gardens.
Outdoor Space
The house sits behind a small front garden, set back from the street behind a privet hedge. A large elm tree on the street gives the house a greater sense of privacy than its neighbours while casting a wonderful green light across the first floor in the summer months. The front garden is mostly laid to gravel with a short paved path leading to the front door and low-level planters beneath the bay window.
The back garden has been beautifully matured and presents a wall of green to the glazed doors that form the back of the house on this level. There is a decked patio immediately from the dining room, which leads to the rear of the garden via rich beds with mature plants and trees, including an array of perennials and palms, culminating in a large weeping willow tree, which conceals an additional dining and potting area at the foot of the garden.
The second bedroom on the first floor has a private balcony, which overlooks all of these features of the garden below and benefits from additional sunlight thanks to its height. The balustrade of the balcony is covered in climbing plants which soften the structure and frame the view of the garden on the ground floor from above.
The Area
Montrose Avenue is less than a five-minute walk from Queen's Park and joins Salusbury Road close to a branch of Gail’s bakery, Planet Organic, Provenance Butchers, Queens Park Books and both the Salusbury Wine Shop and The Salusbury Deli. A weekly farmer’s market is located at the primary school on the same road, while the popular Alice House and Salusbury Pub are recommended for food and drinks. The quiet and car-free Lonsdale Road offers further provisions from the likes of coffee roasters Milk Beach and brewery/bar Wolfpack. The Kiln Theatre is also close by.
Queens Park provides a wonderful pocket of greenery nearby, with its tennis courts, playground and children’s petting zoo. Paddington Recreation Ground is also close by, with a running track where Roger Bannister trained (renowned for his 4-minute mile), tennis courts, a nature trail and a children’s play area.
Several renowned secondary schools, such as University College School, South Hampstead, Channing, St Margarets and Arnold House, are around a 10-minute drive from the house. For younger children, the highly-rated Mulberry House School is a short walk away. Also within walking distance are the excellent Malorees, Christchurch, North West London School, Emmanuel C of E Primary School and Beckford School.
The house is a short walk from Queens Park Underground station (Bakerloo Line), Kilburn Underground station (Jubilee Line), and Brondesbury Overground station, with direct lines into East London. The A5 is close for easy routes to the north circular and out of London.
Council Tax Band: F
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