Norwood House, Grays Essex Property, Modern English Real Estate, UK Residential Architecture Images
Norwood House, Grays Essex Property
11 July 2022
Design: Adam Knibb Architects
Location: Grays, Essex, South East England, UK

Images: Adam Knibb Architects
Norwood House, Essex
The unique Norwood House site measures only 13m long x 3.2m wide with a requirement to allow access through for neighbouring properties. Our client purchased the land with the idea to transform the airspace above.

An office has been designed at the first floor level and a studio apartment to the second floor, along with a roof terrace across the whole top of the building. The visually dynamic statement at ground / first floor aligns with the neighbouring house scale and the floors above to ?disappear? into the sky. Sheltered parking has been allowed for at ground floor level whilst retaining through access to the neighbouring shed at the rear. Structural posts line the north and south boundaries and an external spiral stair provides access to the two floors and roof terrace above. The inclusion of an external spiral stair works efficiently to cause minimal disruption to the internal layout. This also aids privacy, access issues and a necessary provision for fire escape.

The first floor houses the proposed commercial office space. We have looked to include a shower room and kitchenette, as well as utilising useful storage solutions where possible. The desk spaces are framed by a full width set of sli...