House, Islington: overview
Water colour by C. Barrow; 1825
Front elevation
This is a typical Georgian terrace house, built in 1791 as part of what was originally known as New Terrace (far left in view). It faced over the New River, completed in 1613, which carried water from Ware in Hertfordshire to Sadlers Wells in London, but was covered over in the mid-C19. The house had suffered in the 1970s from unsympathetic alterations; our clients had recently bought it and wanted help in bringing it back into shape.
The principal problem was the loss of original plan form and of some of the original joinery in doors, windows and shutters.
Our approach was to regain the original plan form, where possible, while keeping some of the useful features that had been introduced (for example a bathroom for the guest bedroom on the ground floor), and to reinstate missing joinery. The plans and photos show the basement kitchen window opened up and the top floor bedroom reinstated to its original size and with new shutters and a fireplace.
