100 Bayswater Road

by Giles Quarme Architects Ltd 

Client Private 

Award RIBA London Award 2023

100 Bayswater Road is a rare survival of a Grade II* listed Edwardian villa facing Kensington Gardens with a Brutalist rear extension designed by Alison and Peter Smithson. The house also has an interesting social history, stemming from a host of historical owners – including the writer J.M. Barrie.  Untouched for almost 60 years, the house was in a state of disrepair. Giles Quarme Architects have undertaken an extensive, rigorous and sensitive intervention to provide 21st-century living accommodation, whilst retaining and enhancing the historical attributes of the original house and elements from work carried out on it in the 1900s and 1950s.

Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.

Contractor R Durtnell & Sons 

Structural Engineer SFK 

Environmental / M&E Engineer Blair Thompson 

Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant Sawyer & Fisher 

Interior Design Studio Ashby 

Cast Iron Conservation/ Repairs Paul Dennis Metalwork 

Cast Glass Specialist - (for historic solid glass floor) Max Jacquard Cast Glass 

Historic Paint Analysis and Historic Interiors Consultant Helen Hughes, Historic Interiors Research and Conservation

Internal area 440.61 m2