Regent’s Crescent - Garden Villas

New Build, Residential

Set within the landscaped gardens of Regent's Crescent are nine Garden Villas which redefine the classic London mews house. Proportions are cosy yet spacious with contemporary finishes and floor-to-ceiling windows, each has two or three bedrooms across three floors.

Client: PCW Planning and Development
Location: London
Status: Completed

Rooted in the history of the site, the size and location of the homes follows the footprint of a row of mews houses, demolished many years before. Footings for these houses were discovered during the initial construction phase of the wider site.

Also discovered was an eighteenth century, subterranean Ice House, one of only a handful which remain in the country today. The Garden Villas therefore needed to be constructed on a steel bridge designed to float over the top. The brick lined Ice House would have been one of the largest of its kind when first built - measuring an impressive 7.5 metres wide and 9.5m deep.

The new Grade I listed building, Regent’s Crescent, was originally designed by John Nash for King George IV in 1820. Previously bombed in the blitz, it’s now been fully reimagined and upgraded into 68 new apartments.