November 8, 2026 | DESIGN & INTERIORS
MOSLEY THOROLD TRANSFORMS TWO LONDON HOMES
words YUZU Editorial
photos Ollie Tomlinson
London-based practice Mosley Thorold has reworked St Mary’s Townhouse and its mews house for a gallerist and their family. In a west London conservation area, the listed Georgian home and its rebuilt counterpart face one another across a shared garden. A sightline runs from the mews kitchen to the townhouse’s conservatory dining area.
A LIGHT TOUCH
The original brief was a light refurbishment of the townhouse interiors. As the scope grew, the architects began to consider both homes as a single project.
The townhouse’s room proportions remain intact, and original structural elements have been kept wherever possible. A stainless-steel and brass kitchen is softened by tapestries and vintage furniture. The mews house was rebuilt with a new basement, giving the architects scope for higher ceilings, larger volumes and a bolder material palette.
“The tension between the two is what gives the project its character,” says co-founder Nathaniel Mosley. On the mews façade, monumental columns echo the townhouse’s brick piers.
MATERIAL INSTINCTS
Steel, brass and deep colours had “a natural weight and confidence”, says co-founder Henry Thorold. The task was to give them “a coherent architectural structure”.
The client sourced handmade Belgian tiles for the townhouse floors, while antique Italian doors became a cabinet for tableware. Bespoke metalwork runs through both houses, including corten steel shelving in the mews basement. Some pieces were designed in detail by the architects; others developed through the client’s direct exchanges with makers.
