{"id":149830,"date":"2025-03-16T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/industrial-evolution-a-designer-breathes-new-life-into-an-old-london-warehouse\/"},"modified":"2025-03-16T19:44:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T12:44:34","slug":"industrial-evolution-a-designer-breathes-new-life-into-an-old-london-warehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/industrial-evolution-a-designer-breathes-new-life-into-an-old-london-warehouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrial evolution: a designer breathes new life into an old London warehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA Grade II-listed former storehouse on the edge of the Thames has become a modern home, but its historic character remains at the heart of its redesignIn the late 18th century, London was one of the busiest ports in the world, the docks in the east bustling with clippers, sailors and porters unloading tea, tobacco, rice, fruit, sugar and wine. It meant that industrial warehouses were thrown up along the banks of the Thames for much-needed storage. Almost two centuries later, only a handful of those Victorian storehouses survive, but those that do have been regenerated, inspired by the renovation of New York\u2019s loft apartments in the 1980s.For South African interior designer Veronique Hopkinson, a historical home \u2013 specifically, a warehouse in London \u2013 was always on the bucket list. Her riverside apartment in a Grade II-listed warehouse is in Wapping with a balcony that overlooks the Thames. The busy city river traffic includes raucous party cruisers, dredgers and navy patrol boats. When the tide drifts out, revealing the bones of the city below the waterline, hawk-eyed mudlarkers start sifting. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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