There is a surprise lurking behind the doors of Simon Fenwick’s London mews house.
Given the exterior, visitors understandably expect a charming, cosy Victorian two up, two down. What they get is the instant wow factor of a cantilevered glass staircase (with popping orange handrail) running through the property. Upstairs, the master bedroom, complete with semi- open-plan en suite, occupies another floor that has been built atop the original mansard roof.
“People do tend to walk in, see the stairs, and say, 'Oh my goodness’,” says Simon , a chartered building surveyor.
But while visual impact was one reason for installing the stairs, another was more practical. A roof light at the top of the property and see-through stairs mean the light penetrates to the kitchen in the newly dug basement.
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