Cooke
Fawcett

2017-21

Godwin Road,

Enlarging an end-of-terrace Victorian house. Our task was to provide significantly more space for living and bedrooms; the house was very compact and the clients approached us after an unsuccessful application for a two-storey side extension.

Side, rear and loft extensions.

In our successful scheme, a side extension replaces the existing roofed car-port and contains the kitchen, utility room and downstairs WC; this connects across to a rear extension containing a garden-level living room.

Generous new spaces

New spaces are strongly oriented to the garden with large sliding doors and draw in far more natural light via large rooflights in the inclined roofs. From what was a small, disconnected kitchen-dining arrangement there is now a light and generous space directly connected to the garden.

High quality brickwork

The high-quality waterstruck brickwork of the new extensions is a lighter buff to contrast and complement the existing house. Using a Flemish bond throughout, along the side street elevation the headers are inset slightly to create a texture as the sun comes along the western elevation.

The location of the original side bay window is represented as three rectangles.

Loft extension

Creating access to the loft extension involved reversing the direction of the centrally-located staircase, requiring major reorganisation of the first floor bedrooms. All chimney breasts were removed in order to maximise the internal space available. All spaces are now insulated, significantly improving the energy use.

131.

Godwin Road

Year:

2017-21

Location: Forest Gate, London

, UK

Category:

Private

Project 2017-19; Construction 2020-21

Team: Oliver Cooke, Francis Fawcett; Andy Gibbs

Structural engineer: SD Structures

Contractor: JK Construction (shell & core)

Photos: Cooke Fawcett