Houzz Tour: A Most Unlikely Setting for a Contemporary London Home (17 photos)

This house stands on the site of a home built in the 1970s, on land released by the cemetery the decade before to ease its precarious finances. By the time the client viewed this property, it was in a poor state of repair. “The client brought us on-site to see what we could do, whether we could refurbish or extend it, or build something new here,” Gibson says. “Unfortunately, the property had deteriorated to the point that refurbishment was not really an option.”

Early consultation with local residents and Highgate Cemetery ensured that everyone understood the high quality of the new building that Eldridge London proposed for the site, but the odd grumble was still lodged. “One complaint stated that, ‘The grave owners would be overlooked from the proposed terraces and the large amount of glazing on the west and south elevations,’” Gibson says. However, the planning department gave the plans the green light.

The kitchen and dining spaces, on the top floor, feature a sliding glass roof light measuring about 20 by 8 feet that “opens up completely to the sky at the touch of a button,” Gibson says.

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