station road
barnet, london
a housing scheme on a large plot in north east london, effectively designed to re-use the victorian fabric to reduce carbon, and maximise accommodation. the architecture brings together 3 separate residential blocks representing: new build mews houses, 3-storey extension and victorian refurbishment elements. due for completion late 2025
design team
client: private
structure: corbett & tasker / whitby wood
building control: assent bc
mep: dvj design
qs: david flower
energy: energy count
fire: prepro consult fire consultants
suds: tjinfrastructure
arboricultural: arbor cultural
contractor: patriot db services
specification
3-storey new-build
mews houses
victorian reburbishment
zinc roofing
existing building
the site was occupied by a late victorian detatched house and it’s modern annex with separate garage and gardens. initially appointed to design a larger full-scale new-build of 12 appartments, a more effective scheme was developed which aimed to benefit from and re-use as much existing fabric as possible.
taking our previous larger scheme and with careful planning we found a balance. creating a duplicate of the victorian building to the rear, joined together with a glazed
communal staircase. an additional storey was added as a zinc clad mansard roof giving proportion.
we worked to bring an architectural language to the three distinctive blocks. referencing the existing victorian bay windows the extended block and mews found a contemporary edge, while the mansard roof gave an opportunity to adapt the existing and meld with the new.
recreating the london mews helped bring scale to the site. the two new build houses are positioned using the same strong formal architecture of the main development, forming an important social square for all residents.
construction june 2025