Located at the prominent junction of The Bishops Avenue and Great North Road in East Finchley, this residential scheme redevelops a previously unoccupied plot into three high-quality family homes, carefully designed to reflect the area’s character while addressing its evolving context.

The new homes replace a single detached dwelling with a stepped terrace arrangement that responds to the site’s topography, neighbouring trees and emerging urban fabric. The massing strategy includes a pitched roof form with asymmetric eaves and trimmed ridge profiles to reduce visual impact. Each house is articulated with a mix of red brick at ground floor and red clay tile-hung facades above, referencing the traditional Arts and Crafts aesthetic of The Bishops Avenue while integrating modern detailing and material restraint.

The design has been shaped by extensive consultation with local residents and responds to concerns around scale, access and traffic. The scheme reduces the previously consented number of dwellings from seven to three, and cuts parking provision from nine to three spaces, all while enhancing amenity and privacy through new landscaping and garden design.

Each home benefits from private gardens, third-floor terraces and integrated cycle parking, with careful attention to aspect and overlooking. Sustainable measures include air source heat pumps, MVHR systems, LED lighting and permeable surfaces across the site.

This is a quietly confident piece of infill development, delivering architectural clarity and neighbourly sensitivity on one of London's most prestigious residential roads.

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