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9 / 91 / 92 / 93 / 94 / 95 / 96 / 97 / 98 / 99 / 9A fabulous encounter with a grand old house beside the River Thames with Hammersmith Bridge in view, prepared as a blank canvas for a new residency.
Robin Walker Architects were commissioned to undertake an exhaustive restoration of a prominent 18th Century Grade II listed property fronting the River Thames near Hammersmith Bridge. Kent House had previously been on the English Heritage register of Listed Buildings at Risk.
The practice provided full architectural design services from the outset to completion and also project management services overseeing the restoration and construction procurement. We engaged leading conservation specialists and artisans to carry out the works with the assistance of the Georgian Group Society, and worked closely with the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham to successfully resuscitate this heritage asset to its full glory.
The principal house, previously occupied by the Hammersmith Club Society, was returned to a single residence along with extensive development to the rear of the site to include a contemporary designed swimming pool and canopy, garages and work studio accommodation, all sensitively considered in conjunction with landscaping designed to enhance the listed building setting.
oliphant illustration of view of Hammersmith from Walter Harrison, A New and Universal History, Description and Survey of London, 1775
photograph Lower Mall c.1920, London Metropolitan Archives
photograph rear of house c.1905, Hammersmith Archives
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site plan
elevation, from Bird and Norman, Survey of London Vol IV, 1915
floor plans, from Bird and Norman, Survey of London Vol IV, 1915
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photograph across river, from Bird and Norman, Survey of London Vol IV, 1915
gate details, from Ramsey and Harvey, Small Georgian Houses and their Details 1750-1820, (1919-23)
Client
Private
Collaborators
Purcell Miller Tritton LLP – Heritage
Morton Partnership – Structural Engineering
Safe Fire Engineering
Museum of London – Archaeology
Halcrow Group – Environmental Engineering
Savills – Property Agent
The Georgian Group
Charles Brooking – Architectural Detail
Gardiner & Co – Joinery
Cliveden Conservation – Ceiling Restoration
Rupert Harris Conservation – Fireplace Restoration
Chris Topp & Co – Metalwork Restoration
Photography
David Baluthusen (photograph 1)
Edward Hands (photograph 4)
Press
Country Life, April 2010
Wikipedia – Kent House, Hammersmith