Ravensbourne House

Residential, Prime Residential

This locally listed Victorian house was converted back to residential use with the addition of four new terraced houses, all are designed for the retirement market. The sensitive transformation of the main house draws on the heritage of the site and its surroundings with the new buildings using traditional forms and materials with a contemporary approach.

Client: Ktesius
Location: Kent
Size: 11 units, 1,400 sqm 
Cost: £6.2m
Status: Complete

Located in Keston, in the London Borough of Bromley, the manor house required a complete re-configuration of the internal layout. A series of seven lateral, duplex, and triplex apartments with private terraces and views are arranged around a central communal core. It was essential that the design included access and connectivity to the gardens for the residents and this was achieved via new terraces on flint and masonry extensions. 

Fitting seamlessly with the immediate context are four new terraced houses with private underground parking and rear gardens. The site is three acres of mature landscaped gardens.