Godwin Road

Side and rear extensions to an end-of-terrace house

Location: Forest Gate, Newham, London

, UK

Status: Built

Service: Architecture

Area: 160 m² / 1,720 ft²

2017-21

Our clients' end-of-terrace Victorian house in Forest Gate was very compact, and an earlier application for a two-storey side extension had been refused. Our scheme won consent for a side extension in place of the car port and a rear extension with a split-level living room facing the garden. Large sliding doors and rooflights bring in far more daylight. Light buff brick in Flemish bond sets the new work apart from the original, and the whole house is now insulated.

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From what was a small, disconnected kitchen-dining arrangement there is now a light, generous space connected directly to the garden. Along the side street, the brick headers are inset slightly to create texture as the sun comes round the western elevation, and the position of the original side bay window is marked by three rectangles. Reaching the loft extension meant reversing the central staircase and reorganising the first-floor bedrooms, and all chimney breasts were removed to maximise space.

Process

Construction photos

Concept design

Original site observations

Drawings

131.

Godwin Road

Year:

2017-21


CF team: Oliver Cooke, Francis Fawcett; Andy Gibbs

Structural engineer: SD Structures

Contractor: Carrington Leigh, JK Construction

Photos: French & Tye