Hillyard Mews

Location: Lambeth, London

Client: Developer

Visualisations and drawings: SOUP

Planning Consultant: Firstplan

Historic Building Advisor: Donald Insall Associates

Sustainability Consultant: T16 Design

Daylight Consultant: TFL Consultants

Landscape Design: Lizzie Tulip

Arboriculturist: Crown Tree Consultancy

We are delighted to share that we have received planning consent to redevelop a disused set of garages in Lambeth, South London. The approved proposals will create two, adjoined dual-aspect townhouses, stretched over 3 floors.

The site sits behind a terrace of mid-century houses to the south, a communal garden that serves mansion blocks to the north and east, and a terrace of Georgian houses to the west, including a listed building, famous for once being the home of Vincent van Gogh.

The scheme utilises the existing vehicular access from the south to form a new, landscaped shared entrance, leading to individual front doors to each house. Both units have integrated basements, with private external courtyards, dual aspect living spaces on the Ground Floor, linking out to private garden spaces to the north, and set-back bedrooms on the First Floor.

Referencing the brickwork of the Georgian houses to the west and the rich red tones of the mansion blocks to the east, the proposed buildings take further reference from its locality. Christ Church, located nearby on Brixton Road, is a Grade 2* Listed Building designed by Local Architect Beresford Pite in a Byzantine style with alternating brick patterns of tone that create a rhythmic play of colour/shade. This has been incorporated into our proposals to create a series of facades reminiscent of Pite’s eclectic style.