MAKE Design statement for Listed Building and Planning submission

This project aims to revive key existing internal features of the house, such as the staircase and the richly ornamental plasterwork, while carefully creating and inserting new elements which will enhance the spatial qualities of the interior. The proposals will offer a senstive response to the past while accommodating the natural changes and developments of the present, acheiving an exemplary aesthetic balance between period and modern features and upholding Kensington’s tradition of the highest qualities of design and craftmanship. The scheme will maintain and restore key internal features while creating a family home which provides the areas and amenities relevant to today’s needs. As part of this process, living accommodation is to be reorganised to create a more flexible and contemporary living space.

16 Stanley Gardens Design statement for Listed Building and Planning submission 55-65 Whitfield Street London W1T 4HE tel +44 (0) 20 7636 5151 fax +44 (0) 20 7636 5252 www.makearchitects.com Project: 16 Stanley Gardens W11 2NE London To Hilary Bell and Ian Williams Directorate for Planning and Conservation The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Third Floor Town Hall Hornton Street LONDON W8 7NX 15th December 2006 Dear Hilary and Ian, The following design statement is submitted in support of the Listed Building application and the planning application for works to 16 Stanley Gradens in Notting Hill. The majority of the proposed work forms part of the Listed Building submission. We understand that the components which relate to a planning submission are the alterations of the roof and the fixture of a flue stack at the side of the building. The document presented combines all issues and formulates one concept for the building. In addition to our recent discussions with yourselves over the past four months, we have also consulted Ian Morrison (Transport Planner) to discuss the proposed re-opening of a manhole (located on the site of a former coal chute) in the pavement in front of the house. On the advice of Hilary Bell, we have presented our design concepts to Amanda Frame at the Kensington Society and Malcolm Pawley from the Ladbroke Association. We have also presented the proposals to Anne Chorley, owner of the neighbouring property at 17 Stanley Gardens. All parties had no objections to the design proposals as presented. Please note that we have been advised by the Planning Desk at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea that an access statement is not required for this application since the property is a listed private dwelling and there are no proposals to alter existing access to the house. Please read this statement in conjunction with a set of scaled drawings (existing and proposed) as well as a set of engineers drawings as an appendix set submitted to you. Conservation advice has been provided by The Paul Drury Partnership. I trust you will find the above acceptable. Yours sincerely, Christina Gresser [...]... today in the form of Ladbroke Grove and Landsdown and Stanley Crescents Inspired by Nash’s work on Regent’s Park, Allason hoped to build an urban development of similar grandeur featuring elegant houses, terraces and detached or semidetached villas set in sizable gardens and organised around a disciplined street pattern These grand plans were abruptly curtailed by the financial crisis of 1825, and only... developed to the standards and condition that we see today The area north of Holland Park Avenue was always prone to high risk speculation, but due to the extreme constrasts between the povertystricken population and the absence of sanitation, sewers and drainage, the developers’ dreams of building houses for the middle classes usually failed or were confined to very small pockets As a result, building development... architect Francis Goodwin He worked for him for several years, before gaining a place at the Royal Academy School His principal buildings in London include a workhouse in Marloes Road, Kensington, the Church of Christ in Highbury, the Church of St Peter in Notting Hill, and the Ladbroke Estate in west London He was also responsible for designing workhouses at Calne in Wiltshire and in Liverpool, the William... introduce an invisible draft strip into the frame to stop direct draft and enhance the performance of the windows This will have a positive effect on the overall thermal performance of the building However, in light of stated Government policies and with the increasing pressure for more sustainable strategies within both our new buildings and inherited stock, it would be responsible to undertake a careful... Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, with conservation areas shown in green Site history and cultural heritage Until the early 19th century the area north of Holland Park Avenue consisted of unspoilt country with a few farm houses doted around the area From 1820 onwards, however, buildings began to spring up on either side on Holland Park Avenue and Notting Hill Gate This building work was masterminded... reversed to bring the building back into use as a single family house The conversion may have been somewhat superficial and informal, since apart from changes to the staircase it has left few traces There is no record of conversion or re-conversion since 1948 in the planning records of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Existing Lower Ground Floor Plan 2 The historic form and evolution of the... being the largest room and the pantry sited in the brick vaulted space under the ground floor entrance lobby (LG-1,3) The French doors from the rear room (LG-6, historically the housekeeper’s room) are modern Building regulation approval for the current arrangement of a maid’s bedroom in the former scullery (LG4), linked by a new doorway to an en-suite shower and WC formed within the former pantry, was... ground and first floor levels were once partitioned off, probably to make flats (the marks are visible on the walls), and the ends of the flights turned through a right angle against that partition The result is awkward and unsightly, compounded by a wide beam downstanding from the ground floor ceiling, the introduction of entirely incongruous turned mahogany newels and the use of concrete for the... front, detracts from it, as do visible modern services, and the prominent front dormer and balustrade at roof level 3.2 Internally, the distinctive plan form of the building is an important part of its special interest, as is the original stair, and surviving original joinery and plasterwork The works probably of c1899 to the principal floor, and the plasterwork Piece of slab existing, modern structures... wear and tear and over-painting It is therefore in need of restoration to restore it to its former glory We propose to revive this important aspect of the house interior by employing careful and appropriate restoration techniques We have consulted with the specialist companies of Cliveden Conservation and London Plastercraft, both of whom have worked in the area They have examined the internal and external . 16 Stanley Gardens Design statement for Listed Building and Planning submission 55-65 Whitfield Street London W1T 4HE tel +44 (0) 20 7636 5151 fax +44 (0) 20. 5252 www.makearchitects.com Project: 16 Stanley Gardens W11 2NE London To Hilary Bell and Ian Williams Directorate for Planning and Conservation The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Third Floor Town Hall Hornton. Ian, The following design statement is submitted in support of the Listed Building application and the planning application for works to 16 Stanley Gradens in Notting Hill. The majority of the proposed