{"id":398302,"date":"2026-03-22T14:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/398302\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T14:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:52:11","slug":"proctor-shaw-creates-powerfully-tranquil-stone-brick-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/398302\/","title":{"rendered":"Proctor & Shaw creates “powerfully tranquil” Stone Brick House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local studio Proctor & Shaw<\/a> looked to Mallorcan villas<\/a> to create a feeling of calmness at Stone Brick House, a London home<\/a> extended with walls of pale limestone brick.<\/p>\n

The terraced house was updated for a young family in Clapham and expanded with a new kitchen and dining space overlooking the garden.<\/p>\n

According to Proctor & Shaw<\/a> founder John Proctor, “airy Mallorcan villas” were a key influence on the design, informing its pale, natural material palette, which revolves around the use of low-carbon limestone bricks.<\/p>\n

\"StoneProctor & Shaw has extended a house in London<\/p>\n

“The Can Lis house in Mallorca by Danish architect J\u00f8rn Utzon became a key precedent, and we sought to achieve a similar purity with material restraint and craft using muted natural clay plaster tones, oak and limestone brick,” he told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“The stone brick was pivotal. It honestly expresses the construction, gifts a light reflective tone to the space and importantly provides high levels of thermal mass that assist the environmental temperance,” he added.<\/p>\n

“But perhaps most importantly, it is an ultra-low carbon construction product using about 93 per cent less embodied carbon than fired clay bricks.”<\/p>\n

\"LimestoneIt is lined with exposed limestone bricks<\/p>\n

Sinking the floor level of Stone Brick House’s extension enabled a generous 2.9-metre ceiling height, which creates a feeling of spaciousness in tandem with a full-height sliding door into the garden and a large skylight above the dining table framed by thin oak beams.<\/p>\n

The steps down into the extension are framed by bespoke oak storage containing a pantry. This wraps around the corner to become a backdrop to the kitchen, a long counter and a wooden island.<\/p>\n

\"StoneThe goal was for the home to feel\u00a0“powerfully tranquil”<\/p>\n

Opposite, a custom dining table sits alongside a built-in bench against a brick wall. The bench extends to become a window seat overlooking a planted bed in the garden.<\/p>\n

Complementing the expanses of limestone brick are walls of natural plaster and a terracotta tiled floor underfoot, which extends out to become the garden patio.<\/p>\n

\"Brick-linedSkylights illuminate the dining table<\/p>\n

“Providing space for entertaining was a key brief requirement, so the dining table, associated seating, kitchen counter and kitchen island are all generous,” Proctor said.<\/p>\n

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“All the elements come together here; volumetric generosity, high levels of natural light, and serene material authenticity create a powerfully tranquil space,” he added.<\/p>\n

“Of particular note is the custom kitchen island with expressed simple timber frame construction and open shelves and drawers creating an airy, joyful central piece of furniture.”<\/p>\n

\"StoneThe existing front room and hallway have been opened up<\/p>\n

In the existing home, the front room and hallway have been opened up through the introduction of sliding wooden doors, allowing light and views along the entire depth of its plan.<\/p>\n

Other London extensions completed by Proctor & Shaw include one in Peckham, which is topped by a tiered allotment,<\/a> and another in north London designed as a timber-framed “sanctuary for wellbeing”<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local studio Proctor & Shaw looked to Mallorcan villas to create a feeling of calmness at Stone Brick…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[267],"tags":[365,362,363,364,15361,366,18,4507,117,27094,1789,19,17,130,27096,1572,181073,5794,27095,10357,10358,1294],"class_list":["post-398302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-bricks","tag-design","tag-eire","tag-england","tag-entertainment","tag-extensions","tag-houses","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-london","tag-london-house-extensions","tag-london-houses","tag-proctor-shaw","tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","tag-residential-extensions","tag-sectionall","tag-sectionarchitecture","tag-uk"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}