Listing for 70s studio house by early Foster and Rogers collaborator

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Source: Historic England

Georgie Wolton’s “meticulously conceived” Hampstead home gets grade II status

A 1970s studio house designed by an early professional collaborator with Norman Foster and Richard Rogers has been awarded grade II-listed status.

Georgie Wolton’s 34 Belsize Lane home in Hampstead, north-west London, is described as “structurally simple” by government heritage adviser Historic England, but praised for its “creative handling” of natural light and spatial proportion.

Wolton’s design features rooflights, bespoke timber sliding shutters and “conservatory-like antechambers” to separate living and working parts of the home.

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