TREVOR PLACE
Knightsbridge, London
Contemporary Home
Status : Completed​
Located in the historic fabric of Knightsbridge, the Trevor Place project reconfigures a listed Georgian townhouse into a contemporary family residence. The intervention balances conservation and transformation, revealing the spatial elegance of the original structure while introducing a new layer of crafted domesticity suited to modern living.
Internally, circulation and vertical connections are rationalised to improve flow between reception, living and private levels. Principal entertaining spaces are re-established along the main façade, maximising light and outlook, while more intimate family and service functions are consolidated to the rear and lower levels. The resulting arrangement restores hierarchy and clarity to the townhouse plan while enabling flexible day-to-day use.
The design approach treats the house as a sequence of inherited rooms rather than a single open plan. Existing proportions, alignments and thresholds are retained and clarified, allowing the historic spatial order to remain legible. New insertions are conceived as precise interventions within this framework - elements that support contemporary occupation while respecting the building’s architectural lineage.
Material interventions draw on the tactile richness of the existing house. Timber panelling, stone surfaces and fine plasterwork establish continuity with the Georgian interior tradition, while contemporary joinery and detailing introduce precision and calm. The palette remains deliberately restrained, allowing proportion, light and crafted elements to define the character of the renewed domestic environment.