Highbury sits in the north of Islington, with larger Victorian and Edwardian houses than the inner borough: semi-detached villas around Highbury New Park and Aberdeen Park, and long terraces around Highbury Fields. Many have been split into flats, so projects range from whole-house refurbishments to the reconfiguration of a single garden flat.
Building in Highbury
- Highbury Fields, Highbury New Park and the surrounding streets are conservation areas. Rear extensions are common, but roof alterations and front elevations are controlled.
- Converted houses often mean a freeholder or the other leaseholders must consent before work starts, and the work has to be planned around neighbours above or below.
- Larger plots make wrap-around and two-storey rear extensions more feasible than in the inner borough, subject to planning.
- Basements follow Islington’s restrictive policy: generally a single storey, with structural and hydrological information supplied at application stage.
Work we carry out in Highbury
- Wrap-around and rear extensions to family houses
- Garden flat refurbishments, including reconfiguration and new kitchens and bathrooms
- Loft conversionsrear dormers and L-shaped dormers
- Structural alterationsremoving chimney breasts and spine walls with properly designed steelwork
LACD projects nearby
- Shepherdess Walk: a garden extension to a Grade II-listed townhouse in the Regent’s Canal Conservation Area, N1, built on screw piles with a Douglas fir frame and a green roof