Piermont Green SE22
— East Dulwich, London
The replacement of an underused thermally inefficient conservatory with a garden room that sits comfortably with the existing house.
Client — Private
Sector — Residential
Nature — Rear extension + renovation
![Piermont Green Garden from Conservatory](https://studioontherye.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Piermont-Green-Garden-from-Conservatory-e1666037423696-1024x576.jpg)
light — comfort
![Piermont Green Garden](https://studioontherye.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Piermont-Green-Garden-e1666037478575-1024x576.jpg)
![Piermont Green Garden](https://studioontherye.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Piermont-Green-Garden-e1666037478575-1024x576.jpg)
This 1930s house overlooks Peckham Rye Park. The existing house had a south facing single glazed conservatory which overheated in the summer and lost considerable heat in the winter.
This conservatory has been replaced with a thermally efficient garden room, which from the outside sits comfortably with the existing house, and from the inside provides a bright, comfortable space with views through to the rear garden.
The house has a particularly deep floor plan, so it was important to maximise the amount of natural light to the existing ground floor rooms. This has been achieved by including a large linear rooflight adjacent to the original house.
Exposed Douglas Fir roof joists add warmth, texture and rhythm to the space.
![Piermont Green Light Inlet](https://studioontherye.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Piermont-Green-Light-Inlet-e1666037513220-1024x575.jpg)
![Piermont Green Light Inlet](https://studioontherye.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Piermont-Green-Light-Inlet-e1666037513220-1024x575.jpg)
![Piermont Green Garden from inside](https://studioontherye.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Piermont-Green-Garden-from-inside-e1666037546346-1024x576.jpg)
![Piermont Green Garden from inside](https://studioontherye.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Piermont-Green-Garden-from-inside-e1666037546346-1024x576.jpg)
Photography: Niki Borowiecki