{"id":45950,"date":"2026-05-22T18:47:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/45950\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T18:47:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:47:46","slug":"studio-hallett-ike-extends-victorian-lodge-in-london-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/45950\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio Hallett Ike extends Victorian lodge in London cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"

UK practice Studio Hallett Ike<\/a> has completed the renovation<\/a> and extension<\/a> of a gothic-style lodge in the grounds of a London<\/a> cemetery.<\/p>\n

Named Cemetery House, the Grade II-listed Victorian lodge was originally designed by Thomas Little in 1855 as a vicarage house accompanying two chapels in Paddington Cemetery in Kilburn, north west London.<\/p>\n

\"CemeteryStudio Hallett Ike has updated a gothic-style lodge in the grounds of a London cemetery<\/p>\n

Alongside the refurbishment of the existing lodge’s interior, Studio Hallett Ike<\/a> extended its ground and first floors with spaces designed to have what it called a “rustic sensibility,” with nods to its original gothic character.<\/p>\n

“The design seeks to reconcile the disciplined formality of the original architecture with a warm, rustic sensibility influenced by Mediterranean and mid-century Californian references,” said the studio. “The result is a calm and grounded architecture that balances openness with intimacy.”<\/p>\n

\"InteriorThe existing lodge’s interior was refurbished<\/p>\n

On the ground floor, a new central axis connects the entrance of Cemetery House directly with the garden through full-height glass doors in the extension, helping to open up the lodge’s formerly compartmentalised plan.<\/p>\n

The home’s living spaces sit connected but divided by changes in level, with a raised dining area and sunken conversation pit located alongside a kitchen housed within the new extension.<\/p>\n

\"KitchenA kitchen housed within the new extension<\/p>\n

“The stepped arrangement defines hierarchy and purpose, creating distinction without separation,” explained the studio.<\/p>\n

“What was once a cellular and disconnected arrangement is now a sequence of hierarchical spaces unified by material and proportion.”<\/p>\n

\"LivingThe open-plan living spaces are divided by changes in level<\/p>\n

This kitchen features full-height sliding glass doors that open out onto a refurbished garden, where a stepped concrete patio and outdoor fireplace are wrapped by a white stucco wall.<\/p>\n

Inside, a stone island at the kitchen’s centre is surrounded by areas of full-height storage that were built from dark and knotty Pippy oak.<\/p>\n

Upstairs, the home’s first floor has been extended with a new dressing room and ensuite bathroom, centred around a large micro-cement bath and travertine sinks.<\/p>\n

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This bathroom connects to the bedroom through a large, pointed arch opening, designed to mimic the lodge’s original gothic-style window surrounds.<\/p>\n

Externally, the extensions were finished in pale Petersen Kolumba brick, with the ground floor extension topped by an in-situ case concrete spandrel beam.<\/p>\n

“Deep reveals and precise brick articulation introduce depth and solidity, while large glazed pivot doors establish a direct visual link to a re-imagined courtyard garden,” said the studio.<\/p>\n

\"BedroomA pointed arch opening references the home’s gothic-style windows<\/p>\n

“As a studio, the intention remains to carry out a small number of strong but simple interventions that are consistently applied and rigorously detailed,” Studio Hallett Ike said.<\/p>\n

“Cemetery House embodies this approach \u2013 quietly confident, minimal, and timeless,” it added.<\/p>\n

\"BathroomTravertine sinks and a micro-cement bath feature in the new bathroom<\/p>\n

Studio Hallett Ike was founded in 2018 by Jonty Hallett and Madeleine Ike.<\/p>\n

Previous projects by the practice include the refurbishment of a Victorian townhouse in east London<\/a> via a series of “subtle adjustments” to its previously cramped interiors and a dark brick extension to a London flat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Michael Sinclair<\/a>.<\/p>\n