{"id":6621,"date":"2024-03-03T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6621"},"modified":"2024-02-10T20:36:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T20:36:51","slug":"a-vaulted-wine-cellar-and-social-space-in-a-georgian-townhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/clairs-projects\/a-vaulted-wine-cellar-and-social-space-in-a-georgian-townhouse","title":{"rendered":"A vaulted wine cellar and social space in a Georgian townhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vaults are a common feature of large Georgian terraced houses like the ones in my client\u2019s house in the centre of Bath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They were built to\u00a0support the highway above and create a level site on\u00a0Bath\u2019s hills.\u00a0\u00a0In Georgian times they were used\u00a0for\u00a0coal storage,\u00a0laundry\u00a0and as a service\u00a0area\u00a0for the building. Vaults usually fall outside the main footprint of the house, separated by a lightwell.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The vaults in this house had already been tanked many years ago in order to provide a habitable space, but nowadays there are strict rules around the kind of works you can do to vaults. If you are considering any work, BANES have lots of support and advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keen collectors of wine, my clients wanted to use their vaults as wine storage but also as an occasional entertaining space as on the same level they have a\u00a0cinema and relaxed living room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Integral to the design were the bespoke wine racks which were made of eco-friendly Valcromat faced in walnut veneer and fitted around the arch of the vault. The racking was built to accommodate different sized bottles and a wine fridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flooring was luxury vinyl in an oak effect herringbone pattern.\u00a0\u00a0We laid indoor\/outdoor rugs from Ruggable in both vaults to\u00a0add colour and pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We used bronze Ascolli spotlights and uplighters from Astro Lighting to create flexible mood lighting throughout the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bronze bespoke-made column radiators were installed throughout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The kitchenette area was designed as a working space to help entertain guests. We adapted existing kitchen\u00a0units by spray painting\u00a0them in\u00a0Hague\u00a0Blue from Farrow & Ball.\u00a0This strong blue\u00a0has\u00a0green undertones\u00a0which means it works well in smaller dark rooms, where it looks dramatic and elegant.\u00a0We added a gold underslung\u00a0sink\u00a0and a\u00a0dark brown\u00a0quartz worktop from Hobbs Stone and Granite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside the wine racking, we\u00a0created a bespoke curved banquette to maximise the seating area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The high black table is the minimalist Scandinavian designed\u00a0Harbour\u00a0round\u00a0dining\u00a0table\u00a0with a column\u00a0base. The chairs and bar stools are the client\u2019s own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the guest cloakroom we used a classic Burlington washstand and toilet\u00a0and added glamour with the colours and finishes. We painted the room in Sulking Room Pink by Farrow & Ball. A muted\u00a0warm rose,\u00a0Sulking Room Pink is\u00a0named after the colour used in\u00a0boudoirs, a room named after the French “bouder” – to sulk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\u00a0Metallic Vitreum Aurum Fan\u00a0tiles in rose gold were from Fired Earth.\u00a0These\u00a0beautiful metallic\u00a0decorative tiles\u00a0make a real statement\u00a0in a small room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We added wall lights from Pooky for some extra Deco glamour to this room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vaulted area now provides an atmospheric and sophisticated area for my clients to entertain their guests as well as store their collection of wine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keen collectors of wine, my clients wanted to use their Georgian vaults as wine storage but also as an occasional entertaining space as on the same level they have a\u00a0cinema and relaxed living room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[328],"tags":[343,402,403],"class_list":["post-6621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clairs-projects","tag-georgian-house","tag-vaults","tag-wine-cellar"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6621"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6658,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6621\/revisions\/6658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairstrong.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}