Lucy Wood Architects
2022
A classic Georgian terraced townhouse facade featuring a painted white ground level beneath exposed brickwork and traditional multi-pane sash windows.
- What we like about this project
- Delicate iron window grilles and crisp classical moldings preserved on an urban infill elevation.
Materials
- brick
- stucco
- timber
- glass
- iron
Visual identifiers
- georgian-brick
- sash-windows
- white-stucco-base
- terrace-facade
Style tags
- georgian
- traditional
- historic
- vernacular
Visual tags
- historic-renovation
- residential
- facade-restoration
- urban-infill
- traditional
- Geometry
- Multi-bay historic Georgian terrace elevation featuring a rusticated or painted white ground floor supporting upper stories of exposed London stock brick, terminated with a classical molded cornice.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brickwork over a rendered ground floor with timber sash windows and decorative cornices.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry walls with timber floor diaphragms.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story residential scale with a human-scaled ground floor entry protected by low iron railings.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight creating soft shadows within window reveals and decorative moldings.
- Atmosphere
- Orderly, refined historic domestic character rooted in traditional materiality.
- Environmental context
- Urban historic street edge featuring period paving, street lighting, and tight lot lines characteristic of historic London terraced housing.
- Spatial experience
- The street-facing elevation offers a disciplined, rhythmic urban frontage with a clear hierarchy between the heavy public base and residential upper storeys.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical rhythm of repeating sash window bays offset by horizontal bands at the ground floor and roofline cornice.
- Style reading
- Georgian historic vernacular revival
- Program
- Residential townhouse
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, stucco, timber, glass, iron
- Visual identifiers
- georgian-brick, sash-windows, white-stucco-base, terrace-facade
- Style tags
- georgian, traditional, historic, vernacular
- Visual tags
- historic-renovation, residential, facade-restoration, urban-infill, traditional
- Geometry
- Multi-bay historic Georgian terrace elevation featuring a rusticated or painted white ground floor supporting upper stories of exposed London stock brick, terminated with a classical molded cornice.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brickwork over a rendered ground floor with timber sash windows and decorative cornices.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry walls with timber floor diaphragms.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story residential scale with a human-scaled ground floor entry protected by low iron railings.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight creating soft shadows within window reveals and decorative moldings.
- Atmosphere
- Orderly, refined historic domestic character rooted in traditional materiality.
- Environmental context
- Urban historic street edge featuring period paving, street lighting, and tight lot lines characteristic of historic London terraced housing.
- Spatial experience
- The street-facing elevation offers a disciplined, rhythmic urban frontage with a clear hierarchy between the heavy public base and residential upper storeys.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical rhythm of repeating sash window bays offset by horizontal bands at the ground floor and roofline cornice.
- Style reading
- Georgian historic vernacular revival
- Program
- Residential townhouse
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture