Extension: Villa in St John's Wood, London
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The lower ground floor of this grand Victorian town house was originally inhabited by the downstairs staff and surrounded by a dark moat.
We excavated 300 cubic metres of earth from the garden, built waterfalls, pools and a courtyard, added a gracious contemporary conservatory and opened up the sunlit interior as a great family kitchen/living room. A new spiral stair leads to the upper ground floor where the restored drawing room overlooks the long romantic garden.