Redcliffe Street Surgery
The project comprised the conversion of an end-of-terrace Victorian house in the South Kensington Conservation Area into a Doctor’s Surgery and Medical Centre.
Location
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, SW10
Status
Completed
Use
Commercial
Client
Drs. Farrer and Napier; KCW Health Authority
The existing building was sympathetically adapted to create additional accommodation for the medical centre. A sub-basement was excavated below the building to accommodate toilet facilities and a lift-pit, and a new ‘bustle’ constructed on the side elevation houses the lift shaft and landings essential for public access. The building makes a positive contribution to the streetscape with a new stained glass window, illuminated from within at night.
The practice
also designed all the purpose-made built-in fittings including examination couches, storage units and vanitory units within the consulting rooms.
A new rear extension at ground level accommodates the reception facilities and gives access to the surgeries via an open-riser stair. This device allows visual contact to the upper and lower ground floors, guiding patients to the consulting rooms without the need for signage.
Architectural Drawing 1
Location
The development is located in the South East of England in Kensington and Chelsea, London.