Stockwell Park Crescent, London

The Stockwell Park conservation area is undoubtedly one of south London’s most architecturally elegant. The wide, tree-lined streets surrounding Slade Gardens are composed of refined 19th century villas, most with Neo-Classical detailing and large gardens, front and back.

This particular house is one of four Grade II listed houses set in semi-detached pairs along the south-westerly curve of Stockwell Park Crescent. It has been the home of a pair of architects for over thirty years and has been the subject of wonderful iterations of restoration and renovation to their designs throughout that period.

The house today is a light-filled and versatile home of over 2,800 sq ft, with further substantial loft space for storage and a flexible arrangement of up to five bedrooms. Contemporary materials rest timelessly against period elements, light penetrates open levels, a garage has been created beyond the off-street parking and a lower-ground floor provides the ceiling-height and material treatment deserving of a principal level. The gardens too form an integral part of the design; beautifully and sensitively planted for dappled shade in the summer sun, with areas dedicated to growing food and visiting fauna.