20/AP/2273 & 2274
Demolition of existing 1-storey garage building and construction of new
2-storey garden studio.
The location is a basic garage with side passage and personnel door at
the narrowest part of Stories Mews becoming Canning Cross. It must be
difficult to manoeuvre a vehicle in and out of the present garage.
The proposed replacement is an annexe to 148 Camberwell Grove with
pitched roof which forms the space for a partial upper deck first floor.
The pitched roof design reflects the adjoining No 7 Canning Cross but in
a modern form with timber screen cladding.
The aspect into the mews looks across to the blank flank wall of No 4B
Canning Cross opposite, so no possibility of overlooking. The west
façade looks back up the garden of 148 Camberwell Grove (Listed
Building).
Whilst noting the objections saying that this does not fit in, looks
like a Swiss chalet etc. these seem to misinterpret the drawings. This
is a simple well thought out proposal to replace a basic garage with
something of character adding to the diversity of styles within Canning
Cross Stories Mews.
Taken from a comment on a proposal elsewhere in the mews:
There never was, nor is there now, a consistent architectural style
along Stories Mews/Canning Cross. Being a canvas for creative infill
development has long been its defining feature: the barn conversion of
28; the garage pastiche of 27; the minimalism of 26; the faux-gothic of
25 … why should that diversity be halted now under the guise of
“conservation”.
Proposed Comment: Support