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Corporate high-flyers and admitted neat freaks Bruce Thatcher and Kirsty Leighton couldn’t handle the chaos anymore. With two small boys and demanding jobs (he works in hedge funds, she’s a PR executive), they craved order, light, and space but were prepared to settle for a washing machine. In came architect William Tozer with a plan that inserted clean white planes into the envelope of their Victorian terrace house in London. Christened the Composite House, this renovation collates Tozer’s decade of experience making small partial renovations into a complete overhaul that builds on, rather than obliterates, its Victorian origins. As the sky darkened on a rainy afternoon, Bruce and Kirsty showed us around.
— Nicola TwilleyPhoto by: Matthew Williams
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Corporate high-flyers and admitted neat freaks Bruce Thatcher and Kirsty Leighton couldn’t handle the chaos anymore. With two small boys and demanding jobs (he works in hedge funds…
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Brilliant, simple minimalism at it's best.
Love it... Where did the pre-fab wine cellar come from?
Fabulous ideas. We live in a Victorian very similar to theirs, and want to renovate to create an open and wheelchair accessible space for our 2 sons. I never would have thought of the idea to include the basement in this way.
Thanks for the kind comment Catharine - it came from a company called Spiral Cellars here in London. Happy to put you in touch with them if you'd like.
Looking really great Bruce, the photos really show the cleans lines & elegant minimalism! What a great project!
Where is the kitchen table form, or who made it. Do you have any more photos of it. Thanks
The table is called the biblioteque and was designed by Terence Conran for use in his own kitchen. We got ours from the Conran shop in London www.conranshop.co.uk The table is unusual in that it is completely untreated english oak and so feels very warm. we clean it with only soap and a scrubbing brush and so it has assumed a nicely worn surface but has proved very practical.
Love the climbing wall in the garden - did you buy this or was it part of the garden design?
I love the climbing wall also, I would love to have my husband build something similar for our two boys! Can you give me some information on where to find the componants? Also, can you tell me what material it is made out of? It looks smoother than wood. Absolutely beautiful home!
We live in the Los Angeles area and were looking for just this type of cellar for a new home. Could you give me the your contact information?
Who is the flooring distributor, i can se that you write Dinesen, do they have a website and are they located the the UK ? Thanks
I'm also very interested in getting more information about the climbing wall. We're envisioning something exactly like it for the back of our garden.
Anyone know where the co-ordinated wall lighting can be sourced?
These lights are availible from John Cullen or Tornado Lighting in London.
Apologies for the tardy replies. The wine cellar is from a company in the UK called Spiral Cellars www.spiralcellars.co.uk. Give Adrian a call as below: Adrian Hargreaves MD Spiral Cellars Ltd Unit F4, Hardham Mill Farm Building, Mill Lane, Hardham, West Sussex, RH20 1LA www.spiralcellars.com + 44 845 241 2768 The climbing wall uses the same Red Cedar as the rest of the garden construction. I bought all of the "playground" stuff from a supplier in the UK called Climbing Frames UK www.climbingframesuk.com. The floor is by Dinesen, they are based in Copenhagen, give Henriette a call as below, she is super helpful: Henriette Elisabeth Steentoft Export Coordinator D +45 7355 2519 M +45 2550 5919 hes@dinesen.com Dinesen Klovtoftvej 2, Jels DK-6630 Rødding T +45 7455 2140 F +45 7455 2976 www.dinesen.com
Love the gray couch, where did you find it? dwell,conran?? Cheers, Paige
Great Project, very practically done. Love the wine cellar, Is the house detached ? or semi detached ?
The couch is from Aram in Drury Lane, London. The house is a terrace not neither detached or semi-detached. Bruce
Very cool. Who is the door manufacturer?
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