Nest House
Status - Completed June 2020
Location - Holland Park, London
Size - 2,995sqft / 278.2sqm
On St Ann’s Villas, this elegant Victorian Revival, five-bedroom house where the grace of its period character has been carefully reawakened through a deeply considered restoration. The renovation has sought not to reinvent the house, but to reveal it, reinstating original features and allowing each material and finish to feel entirely at home within the architecture.
There is a calm confidence to the interiors, shaped by light, proportion and texture rather than ornament. Every intervention feels measured and intuitive, with a quiet reverence for the building’s history guiding the design throughout. The result is a house that feels both refined and enduring, where craftsmanship and architectural integrity speak more powerfully than excess.
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The raised ground floor unfolds with a natural sense of balance and light, centred around a luminous bay-fronted reception room to the front and an elegant dining room overlooking the rear. Together, the spaces flow with ease, equally suited to lively gatherings and the quieter rhythms of family life.
Throughout, the proportions are beautifully composed, with lofty ceilings, finely restored cornicing and a remarkable sense of openness that carries from one room to the next. Light moves gently through the house, accentuating its volume and the quiet grandeur of its period architecture.
