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This important historic Grade I Listed Georgian mansion is situated in Richmond, Surrey and is one of the finest cases of English Palladian architecture in the Italian style. The Cube Room is among Britain's best examples of a perfect cube volume and is now the club's dining room. The fine plasterwork is by Italian craftsmen Bagatti & Artori and the fireplace is by Flemish sculpture Jan-Michiel Rysbrack.
Light Bureau were commissioned to provide architectural lighting design to the Cube Room and the mixed and members bars. The Cube Room has been dramatically illuminated by concealed light sources at low level, providing intimacy for the diners. Plasterwork and artefacts are sensitively picked out by precise accent sources. In the bar areas, simple wall lights have been added to create a relaxed feel and new pendants were added to improve the ambience. Refurbishment and re-siting of the existing chandeliers was also carried out. Light Bureau were also called upon to make substantial improvements to the external illumination of the Grade 1 listed building.
The new lighting design solution comprises small low power sources mounted on the façade to bring out key architectural features such as the columns and stone balustrade. A gentle wash of light is achieved using ground recessed uplights and asymmetric linear washlights located in the building lightwell and landscaped area. These are close enough to the façade to avoid light trespass into the interior and lamped with warm white fluorescent sources to provide a soft, convivial light. Light Bureau designed custom accent light fixtures for placing on the column bases and to the elevation next to the entrance doors to create the all-important 3-dimensional emphasis missing previously.
Client: The Richmond Golf Club
Completion date: 2010
Richmond Golf Club in the press:
Lighting - November 2010