Allingham Court is a luxury development of 12
homes in a luxury location, with landscaping to
match. Its gardens combine the classical formality
and structure of a period garden with contemporary
materials, strong lines and ribbons of water.
The site was formerly occupied by a neglected house
and overgrown garden with mature trees along its
boundaries. Barratt West London commissioned
Whitelaw Turkington Landscape Architects to produce
landscape proposals that would provide an alluring
and elegant space for residents. It had to look good
when viewed from the upper floors of the building,
and provide areas for relaxing and entertaining.
The architecture and surrounding landscape were
developed in harmony, the rectilinear framework of
the garden mirroring the building. Green walls of
clipped hornbeam hedges define and enclose garden
rooms, providing a focal point for the landscape and
privacy for residents using the spaces. Shallow water
features are a visual link between the front and rear of
the building. In the sunken garden courtyard, the
water reappears in the form of a shallow, broad canal feature, aligned along a central east-west axis. A glass
walled atrium links with the water flowing through the
landscape, while walls of cream and terracotta
contrast with the greens of the garden.
This is not a garden that can only be enjoyed by day.
Bollard, pillar and letterbox lighting guide the visitor
through the garden by night, while uplighters and pool
lighting draw attention to the particular features. |
