{"id":550730,"date":"2026-03-21T07:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T07:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/550730\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T07:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T07:39:14","slug":"architecture-for-london-uses-georgian-details-for-islington-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/550730\/","title":{"rendered":"Architecture for London uses Georgian details for Islington House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local practice Architecture for London<\/a> and interiors studio Hamish Vincent Design have revamped a neo-Georgian house<\/a> in London<\/a>, organising its interior around a triple-height stairwell.<\/p>\n

Located in the Canonbury Conservation Area, Islington House has been updated with a skylit rear extension containing a kitchen and dining room and an additional ensuite bedroom on the second floor.<\/p>\n

\"IslingtonArchitecture for London and Hamish Vincent Design have renovated a neo-Georgian home<\/p>\n

The home sits within a Georgian-style terrace built to replace bomb-damaged historic structures, meaning it was not heritage-listed like many of its neighbours. This gave Architecture for London<\/a> and Hamish Vincent Design<\/a> creative freedom to establish an open-plan layout that the homeowners desired.<\/p>\n

However, throughout, elements have been designed to honour the original building’s neo-Georgian style, including the cantilevered staircase at the home’s entrance and a large brick archway that opens the rear extension onto the garden.<\/p>\n

\"RearA skylit extension was added to the home’s rear<\/p>\n

“The terraces on St Paul’s Road are unique as modern replacements for bomb-damaged historic terraces, although they were built with Georgian-inspired design details,” said Architecture for London founder Ben Ridley.<\/p>\n

“Our refurbishment and extension develop this theme further, incorporating contemporary detailing that might make a Georgian craftsperson proud: structural arches, a cantilevered staircase, natural stone, and high-quality joinery,” he added.<\/p>\n

\"KitchenExposed brick walls frame the dining and kitchen space<\/p>\n

Entry to Islington House is via the new triple-height stairwell, which was introduced to pull more light into the formerly dark front of the home. The staircase itself has been finished with Douglas fir treads with stone details.<\/p>\n

On the ground floor, a set of sliding double doors leads from the stairwell into the living area, which subsequently steps down into the rear extension.<\/p>\n

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Here, two exposed-brick walls frame the dining and kitchen space, where a solid wooden table with bench seating sits beneath a glass ceiling framed by timber beams.<\/p>\n

Doors set within the large arched opening connect the dining area to a paved patio in the garden, which is flanked by grey-brick walls to match the extension.<\/p>\n

\"StaircaseThe home is organised around a triple-height stairwell<\/p>\n

Inside Islington House, the areas of exposed brickwork are contrasted with full-height timber storage areas and clay-plaster walls in the kitchen spaces, as well as stone-topped counters and an island.<\/p>\n

“As a studio, we are always exploring materials, their texture, and how they are not just pleasing to look at, but also purposeful,” Hamish Vincent Design’s creative director Daniel Jones told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“The clay plaster used in the kitchen and entrance hallway void is a perfect example of this. It almost acts as a living wall, with colour and texture shifting throughout the day, while functioning as a diffuser that disperses sunlight,” he added.<\/p>\n

\"BathroomAn ensuite bedroom was added on the second floor<\/p>\n

On the first floor, the main bedroom and bathroom sit alongside a guest room at the front of the home, while a study and bathroom space above was tucked beneath the home’s roof by adjusting its floor levels.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in London, James Alder Architects recently revamped a terraced home with an extension for bicycle maintenance and gardening,<\/a> while DGN Studio used sandstone bricks to add textural walls to a family home<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Leighton James<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local practice Architecture for London and interiors studio Hamish Vincent Design have revamped a neo-Georgian house in London,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[213989,76,354,355,69562,49,48,356,588,75,4050,4472,62434,203903,43592,1242,62433,49626,49627,3585],"class_list":["post-550730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-architecture-for-london","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-british-houses","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-england","tag-entertainment","tag-houses","tag-london","tag-london-house-extensions","tag-london-houses","tag-renovations","tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","tag-residential-extensions","tag-sectionall","tag-sectionarchitecture","tag-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}