3 bed terraced house for sale

Fauconberg Road, Chiswick W4

Set within a leafy pocket of west London, close to the River Thames, New Fauconberg Cottage is a striking example of small-scale architecture executed with rare precision and imagination. Designed and built by an architect and his partner, the house replaced a 1930s building on the same site, a complete reimagining of the classic suburban layout of front garden, house and rear garden.

Born from tight spatial, planning and financial constraints, the result is a home that feels both ingeniously efficient and deeply personal. Its sculptural, light-catching façade has earned local renown for being both quietly dazzling and highly functional, a piece of architecture that is as practical as it is beautiful.

Across two carefully planned floors, the house is defined by texture, light and craftsmanship. The ground floor centres on a bright, open-plan living area and a galley kitchen with a striking book-matched marble wall. Two bedrooms sit to the rear, one used as a study, alongside a family bathroom. At the heart of the plan, a staircase rises through a tall void to the first floor, where the main bedroom suite occupies the entire level, with an ensuite, dressing area and laundry space, all softly illuminated by generous skylights.

Built from externally insulated aerated concrete blocks and structural insulated panels, the house achieves exceptional energy performance. Double glazed aluminium framed windows draw in natural light while maintaining thermal efficiency, and the walls’ mass regulates temperature throughout the seasons. Electric underfloor heating runs through the kitchen and bathrooms, with instant hot water systems and no central boiler.

Fully electric and solar ready, New Fauconberg Cottage offers a quietly radical vision of sustainable, modern British living, inventive, refined and unmistakably individual. EPC rating B. Council tax band E.