Feltham Cabin
Client: Hounslow Council
Value: £250,000
Time: 2021-2026
Status: Complete
Location: Feltham, London
Burgess Architects have delivered a new ‘Net Zero’ community cabin for the Friends of Feltham Green and Hounslow Council, following an invited competition. The cabin sits next to Feltham Green Park and the busy high street, as the focus for a masterplan including the Freddie Mercury memorial garden helping to regenerate this historically underserved town centre in West London.
“…for me personally Burgess Architects’ design screamed out everything we wanted the cabin to be for Feltham Green. They covered the brief very well, taking into consideration that this is a community project and giving opportunities where possible for the people of Feltham to be involved. Plus the cabin is very sustainable and sympathetic to its surroundings.”
— Angela Parton, Chair of the Friends of Feltham Green
We were honoured to have lead guitarist of Queen, Sir Brian May, praising the cabin and the nearby Freddie Mercury Memorial at the public opening event.
“…And I want to break just a minute and say what a fantastic building this is. Well done everybody who conceived it, designed it, made it. I'm full of admiration. Everybody should do this...“
- Brian May, Lead Guitarist of Queen, born and raised in Feltham. September 2025
The proposal sits within the Feltham Green Conservation Area, so it was important that our design was sensitive to the historic setting whilst also being visible to the whole community. The distinctive roof form and warm heritage colours means the cabin will be seen from far and wide, a marker for people to come and see what’s going on and get involved.
Sustainability and responsible use of resources have underpinned the design throughout. The new house features passive design with carefully positioned windows to maximise daylight whilst avoiding over-heating, triple-glazed windows and a highly insulated and air-tight envelope coupled with mechanical ventilation with heat recovery. Detailed energy modelling has been carried out to determine the most energy efficient mode to heat the house and hot water needed. Carbon accounting will be used to evaluate the design as the construction methods are finalised, looking at the cradle-to-grave energy profile, considering everything from the embodied energy of the materials selected, to energy in use, and at the end of its life. The scheme includes on-site generation of electricity with a 5kW photovoltaic array and an electric car charging point.
