House for a Painter
Haydon Way, London SW11

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Architect: Pricegore

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"A kind of internal landscape where, instead of looking at a landscape, you're looking across a sequence of spaces" (Dingle Price, architect)

House for a Painter can be found on Haydon Way, a quiet cul-de-sac off St John’s Hill in Battersea. This remarkable home was once a Victorian laundry; it has since been impressively converted by Dingle Price of Pricegore architects in collaboration with his client and current owner, a contemporary artist and painter. The beautifully bright interior spaces measure over 1,600 sq ft and the house has a private south-facing courtyard garden.

The Architect

Dingle Price is a young London-based architect who runs Pricegore with Alex Gore and has gained considerable attention for his intelligent and exciting approach to design. Completed in 2012, this was one of his earliest works. To read Price’s description of the project, see the History section.

The Tour

The late 19th-century building was originally converted in 1994 and is now home to a community of artists and makers. Prior to the current owner’s occupation, it was the photography studio of a celebrated portrait photographer.

The house was designed with flexibility and functionality in mind, with all of the spaces painted in white to create a sense of flow and serenity throughout. Entry is to a light-filled double-height living room, originally conceived as a vast studio space but currently arranged as a wonderfully open family room. This could easily be converted to further accommodation, and the current owner has drawn up various proposals from adding an office mezzanine to a third bedroom.

Through a pair of sliding doors is the open-plan kitchen and dining room that opens to the walled garden at the rear. The kitchen is formed of cabinetry made from Southern Yellow Pine.  There is also a shower room and two large storage cupboards on this level.

Upstairs, a large landing leads the way to two bedrooms, a walk-in wardrobe, and a bathroom. Each bedroom has stable door-style windows which look out over the voluminous space below.

Outdoor Space

House for a Painter has a private south-facing courtyard/walled garden, accessed via doors at the rear of the open-plan kitchen/dining area.

The Area

Haydon Way is a private road, and there are four car parking permits available to this property. St John’s Hill is well known for its excellent cafes and restaurants such as Powder Keg Diplomacy and The Schoolhouse. Battersea Old Town and Northcote Road are both busy shopping areas, offering a broad range of outstanding independent shops and dining opportunities as well as the expected supermarkets and chain stores.

Clapham Junction station is a short walk away, which gets you into Victoria or Waterloo in under ten minutes and provides connections to the south of England. There is also the Overground which leads to Peckham and south-east London in one direction and Kensington and west London in the other.

Please note that all areas, measurements and distances given in these particulars are approximate and rounded. The text, photographs and floor plans are for general guidance only. The Modern House has not tested any services, appliances or specific fittings — prospective purchasers are advised to inspect the property themselves. All fixtures, fittings and furniture not specifically itemised within these particulars are deemed removable by the vendor.


History

Below, architect Dingle Price describes the House for a Painter project, with its original layout including a large painting studio, which has since been adapted to a voluminous living space:

“Attracted by the large volume and excellent natural light, the artist and his wife lived and worked in this warehouse building in an ad-hoc manner for some years, before the arrival of their first child necessitated a more formal inhabitation. Dingle Price proposed the insertion of a two-storey house with a front façade overlooking and animating the studio space which attains the character of a small piazza or garden, a feeling further enhanced by the large landscape paintings in progress.

The design draws on the symmetrical character of the existing building to provide a series of interconnected rooms of varied scale and proportion. The existing interior consisted principally of white plastered walls, and both unfinished and white painted pine floorboards. Rather than introducing new materials, we chose to adopt and extend the use of this palette – the staircase and cabinetry are constructed from southern yellow pine planks and the elevation of the residence is partially clad in painted pine boards of a matching width to the floorboards.

Whilst the residence can be entirely or partially closed off from the studio when necessary, opening the doors and shutters reveals scenic views across the internal landscape.”

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