The client’s ambition and brief demanded dramatic intervention to a conventional terrace house were all but the front elevation and roof remained of the original building when the works were complete.

New levels were added and the rear excavated to provide bonus living space 3m high and 18m long more volumous than any even ground floor level.

The client is a serious wine collector and the collection is housed in a bespoke store set beneath the back garden, while other contemporary additions to the family home format have been created with new and extensive entertaining spaces, home offices and additional living quarters.

Over the basement space the kitchen extends laterally and to the rear, with skylights on both edges allowing light to pass into rooms below.

Bespoke joinery and stonework throughout signify the client’s ambition to show a refined taste for perfection, beauty and pragmatism.

Client: Confidential Value: £985,000 Completion: July 2010