Renovations in Hampstead, NW3.

Building in Hampstead.

Hampstead is a village on a hill with the Heath beside it: Georgian houses on Church Row and Flask Walk, red-brick Victorian mansions on Fitzjohns Avenue, Arts and Crafts houses on the Redington estate and a scatter of modernist infill. The housing is large, the plots are steep and irregular, and almost all of it is in a conservation area.

Projects in Hampstead tend to be substantial: whole-house refurbishments with basements, rear extensions that negotiate a sloping garden, and lofts within the tall Victorian roofs. Camden's conservation officers take the village character seriously, so we invest in the design and the heritage case before submitting anything.

The Hampstead Conservation Area covers the village and its surroundings, with Fitzjohns/Netherhall and Redington/Frognal alongside.