Classic Good Looks

Special homes deserve special bathrooms, and this exceptional house finally has a bathroom worthy of it. Part of the landmark estate designed by the visionary Victorian builder Alfred Heaver, whose red-brick terraces have been a sought-after address for more than a century, the house overlooks a leafy stretch of parkland. And it was this view that particularly impressed Lee Collins of Braco Designs when the owners asked him to come up with ideas for a new bathroom.

- Teddy Macduff

Boasting seven bedrooms, the house had plenty of space, but not all of it was being used as well as it might have been. This room, for example, was a guest bedroom – but it had the best views across the common. “The owners felt it was a shame that they didn't get to enjoy this amazing panorama on a daily basis,” says Collins, “so they decided to turn this room into the master suite’s bathroom, taking the remaining front bedroom as their own room.”