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A new mews house with zinc roof |
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23 JOHNS MEWS, LONDON WC1 Due to planning restrictions the facade had to be retained and due to poor state of the old walls a new steel frame was required. In keeping with the mews type of building the steel frame is expressed in the building ( see the dark painted circular columns). |
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| First Floor - Living room & kitchen | ||||
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| From dining area toward sitting room | Oak stair case with glass balustrade | Kitchen island concealing radiator |
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The living room and kitchen are one open space space with columns around the perimeter of the steel structure. The kitchen has a a concrete work top which allows for the corner to be one continous element. |
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| Top floor - main bedroom | ||||
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The main bedroom has large bookshelf which conceals an exhaust for the gas fire and the feature wall uses a fifties style wall paper. |
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| Top floor second bedroom | ||||
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The second room on the top floor is a nursery with patterns painted on the walls. The bathroom has doors to the corridor and bedroom so it acts as an en suite bathroom. |
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| Ground floor | ||||
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Ground floor has the garage, utility room and a third bedroom. the hall is deliberately generous with skewed walls to emphasise the feeling of space. |
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| Zinc roof and corner | ||||
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The roof is formed of dark zinc with a corner lifting for access. The windows are bay windows maximising the light allowed in. |
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| Construction process | |||
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The construction was difficult. The facade was effective retained with new concrete piles (10-12m deep) supporting the concrete ground floor slab. Off this is a steel frame so the brick walls no longer bear any weight. |
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| Pile driver entering | Post demoltion | House before the works commenced. | |
| Photographic credits; Adam Butler, | ||||
