Residential

Here are some examples of work we have completed to the highest standard, and to complete customer satisfaction in the residential sector.

Country Park, Oxfordshire – Northamptonshire Border



  • Type: High End Residential - Mansion
  • Value: £1.6M
  • Client: Private Client
  • Main Contractor/Project Manager: Holloway White Allom
  • Architect: Executive Architect: Sir William Whitfield, Project Architect: Johnson Cave Associates
  • Building Services Consultants: The Engineering Practice
  • Other Consultants: Lighting Design International
  • Partners: M&E Package Led by FG Alden

Description: An award winning new build in the Classical tradition described as a 'Palladian Gem' by the press. Darke & Taylor was responsible for integrating a highly complex scheme into the fabric of this substantial 3,800 sq metre residence.

Manresa Road, Chelsea, Various Apartments



  • Type: High End Residential - Apartments
  • Value: £2.1M
  • Client: Various Private Clients
  • Main Contractor/Project Manager: Walter Lilly & Holloway White Allom
  • Architect: Various: Weldon Walshe / Paul Davis+Partners / Cox Architectural Consultancy Ltd / Michaelis Boyd Associates
  • Building Services Consultants: Ralph T King
  • Other Consultants: Lighting Design International
  • Partners: M&E Package Led by FG Alden

Description: Conversion of former Victorian King's College building in Chelsea to luxury apartments with an unprecedented 8 star specification. Darke & Taylor's work involved the installation of state-of-the-art technology systems to an exceptional standard of finish.

Regents Park, Early nineteenth-century Mansion



  • Type: High End Residential - Mansion
  • Value: £3M
  • Client: Private Client
  • Main Contractor/Project Manager: Walter Lilly
  • Architect: Quinlan Terry
  • Building Services Consultants: Atelier Ten

Description: Darke & Taylor has managed the installation of lighting, power, fire alarm, security, audio-visual and data systems to this extensive refurbishment of an early nineteenth-century mansion house, sitting in 2 acres of grounds on the Outer Circle of Regents Park.

Wentworth Estate, Mansion House



  • Type: High End Residential - Mansion
  • Value: £1.6M
  • Client: Private Client
  • Main Contractor/Project Manager: Holloway White Allom
  • Architect: Robert Adam
  • Building Services Consultants: Slender Winter Partnership
  • Other Consultants: Lighting Design International
  • Partners: M&E Package Led by FG Alden
Description: Electrical, data cabling and fire alarm installation to new build, high security, 29,000 sq ft mansion in Classical style, including an external lighting scheme to the 8.5 acre grounds. Quality of workmanship and an ability to manage the intricacies were key to the success of this project.