Its architect owners have transformed it into a family home and workspace thanks to a careful period renovation.
“We found ourselves perched on the middle floor between a swamp and a jungle,” grimaces architect and homeowner Douglas Carson. “The top floor had been invaded by a rampant clematis that had broken into the top windows, while the basement was awash, following a flood.”
“Having been unmaintained for many years, it was in poor shape, although not as bad as it might have been, as heating from the houses on either side had at least kept the fabric of the building reasonably dry,” says Douglas. It was built without a single nail or screw and the bath slots neatly into a space under the stone front steps. The window too was carefully considered, as light is precious in these basement rooms, and so it is shared with the bedroom by an ingenious shutter that lets light into both rooms.
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