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The Dulwich House
Dulwich / London
Completed 2023
Dulwich Estate
Conservation Area within Southwark Local Authority
Build Team: FRAHER Build
Joinery: FRAHER Joinery
Social party spaces for all the family. This was a key element of the brief, introducing another floor of living and social spaces to support the busy lives of the family. The idea was to avoid encroaching into the garden and, instead, slide these spaces beneath the house.
Internal Lightwell
To protect the garden space the house was extended by only 1.5m, with the ground floor plate being reduced to form an internal double height staircase and lightwell. This space is crucial to ensure that you see out into the garden from the basement spaces. The staircase has a half landing that can lead outside through a new set of double doors.
The basement spaces provide a further living room, TV room and kids play room for epic parties. Music was particularly important to the family with lots of lessons taking place with multiple instruments. Quiet spaces for practice were needed and then open social spaces for performing for friends and family.
Concept Sketches
Concept Sketch
Original concept sketch looking at the back of the house with an infill extension
Concept Sketch
Original concept sketch looking at how a double height staircase down to the basement would work
Project Summary
Sustainability
The house was converted to an Air Source Heat Pump and a full MVHR system was added.
Kick start project for FRAHER Joinery
This house is within a Conservation Area as well as The Dulwich Estate. Permission if required from the Estate as well as the local authority before any building works can commence.
Dulwich Estate
We built this project with our in house Construction Team. It was also the project that kick started our in house bespoke joinery delivery. Everything you see made of timber in the house - WE MADE IT!