Construction is set to start on designs by TiggColl for a new boathouse on the river Thames as part of the refurbishment of a historic family home in Teddington, says The Architects' Journal.

TiggColl's proposal for a replacement boathouse at Teddington House, an Arts and Crafts period family home, was granted planning approval on appeal by Richmond Council in June last year.

The Architects' Journal writes: "Work is now due to get under way on the structure, which will partially sit above a water inlet where a boathouse stood previously until 1959.

It is said that the project will also connect the boathouse to a nearby garden using a small bridge over a planted area (Credit: TiggColl)

"TiggColl's design includes a 'rhythmic sliding façade' created by glazing and natural whitewashed larch with exposed glulam larch beams and columns.

"The internal volume of the boathouse is designed to increase towards the river, where a large, glazed frontage provides views of the upper Thames."

The internal volume of the boathouse is designed to increase towards the river, where a large, glazed frontage provides views of the upper Thames (Credit: TiggColl)

It is said that the project will also connect the boathouse to a nearby garden using a small bridge over a planted area, which TiggColl says allows the existing landscape gradient to be maintained.

The project is due to finish in September and is part of a set of wider design proposals for the extensive refurbishment of Teddington House.

The project is due to finish in September (Credit: TiggColl)