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The Boathouse

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Project Overview

LOCATION: BERKSHIRE

BRIEF:

· The brief was to create a fun, stylish home for entertaining family and friends, while also enjoying the quiet serenity of its Thames-side setting.

· The client’s strong creative vision for interior design was central to the project, with architecture supporting expansive river views rather than a traditional garden outlook.

· The renovation required close collaboration with structural engineers and the builder to overcome significant technical challenges.

· Key interventions included opening the river-facing elevation and reworking historic roof structures to allow contemporary living within a sensitive setting.

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HIGHLIGHTS:

· Refurbishment of a Victorian boathouse, formerly owned by Jimmy Page where Led Zeppelin was formed, into a stylish contemporary riverside home.

· The restructured river-fronting gable wall, with steel frame, allowed for more glass without losing the original charm of the detailed timber fretwork.

· Complex removal of the concealed barrel-curved tin roof, releasing additional floor area and enabling a vaulted master bedroom.

· Full-width sliding glazed river elevation delivering panoramic views of the Thames despite the constraints of the existing timber frame.

· Frameless glass balcony further strengthening the connection between interior spaces and the riverside setting throughout the year.

· Lower riverside floor reconfigured following flood damage to include guest bedrooms, a home cinema reflecting the former film director owner, and a swimming pool with sauna.

· The project was a close collaboration with the client, whose strong sense of style and vision shaped the interior design, alongside our structural engineer and craftsman builder.

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By the end of the project Philip had transformed the house internally and externally, adapted it for the demands of modern living and, most importantly of all, reconnected it with its spectacular landscape of river and hills.

He integrated smoothly and tactfully with contractors and kept the project in constant forward motion… always available, helpful, positive and engaged and frankly a pleasure to deal with.
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Claire
Berkshire

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