with Chris Dyson Architects
Coming from a Huguenot family, with a long creative lineage of artistry and making, I felt a personal connection to this project. Many Huguenot refugees who settled in Spitalfields were skilled silk weavers, bringing exceptional craftsmanship and a rich tradition of textile production to the area. Working on a former weaver’s house felt like a meaningful continuation of that history.
Completed while working as an Associate at Chris Dyson Architects, Weaver’s House involved the extensive refurbishment and remodelling of a Grade II listed, double-fronted Georgian terraced house in Spitalfields. As Project Architect, I gained Planning and Listed Building Consent, completed detailed designs, tendered the scheme and monitored site progress, undertaking full contract administration services.
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Works involved the lowering, damp-proofing and extending of the existing basement to provide additional living accommodation, new gym, utility and bathroom. Bespoke timber joinery, two portal like mirrored fold-back doorways and new timber sash windows with shutters were introduced to compliment the original detailing of the property.
Upstairs, an existing passage was internalised to provide a boot room and the whole property was sensitively updated and refurbished including a replacement kitchen with new panelled timber doors opening to the dining space, new bathrooms and restored fireplaces.
