W100 - Church Street Refurbishment Works

Project Name	W100 Church Street
Listed Building or Conservation Area	(Tick as appropriate)	LB	☐	CA	☐	N/A	☒
Comments: No Listed Buildings or Conservation Area status
Legislative constraints	Planning Permission, Building Control approval, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Section 20
Existing planning consents	No
Project Notifiable under CDMR	Yes
Principal Designer appointment required	Yes

 

 

1. ASSET SUMMARY / CONSTRUCTION TYPE

 

The Church Street area consists of a variation of building types from Victorian era street properties to late 20^th century purpose-built housing blocks. The mixture of properties originates from several properties damaged by bombing during World War II. A lot of rebuilding was undertaken after World War II to renew and rebuild the architecture that was lost.

 

Broadly, the properties can be split into two types:

• Early Victorian terraced properties comprising solid brick wall construction, internal suspended timber floors and pitched roofs covered with slates or tiles. Windows in this type of building are commonly a mixture of timber sash and casement. In addition, heating and hot water is typically provided by individual gas fired boilers. Fire safety and emergency escape measures are in need to upgrading.
• Late 20^th century purpose built concrete frame housing blocks with external cavity wall brickwork infills with flat roofs and a combination of either steel, aluminium or timber windows. Heating and hot water is typically provided by communal boilers. Fire safety and emergency escape measures are in need of upgrading.

 

1. 1. BLOCKS IN SCHEME

 

Block Name	No of Units	No of Leaseholders
3-5 Ashbridge Street	6	2
17-24 Ashbridge Street	10	2
30-45 Ashbridge Street	16	5
12a-16a Church Street	3	1
32 Church Street	11	3
38 Church Street	9	4
3 Gateforth Street	6	3
77-81 Lisson Grove	7	3
147-155 Lisson Grove	5	3
157-165 Lisson Grove	6	3
TOTAL	79	29

 

1. 2. INDIVIDUAL BLOCK DESCRIPTIONS

 

It is important that the Service Provider makes arrangements with WCC to visit the site as early as possible following receipt of this Client Brief to acquaint themselves with the site. This knowledge will be essential in order to produce a meaningful and sufficiently detailed Project Execution Plan.

 

A brief description of each block/property is as follows:

 

3-5 Ashbridge Street is a three-storey block containing seven flats, constructed around 1985. It is of masonry construction with a pitched, concrete tile covered roof. There are two communal enclosed stairwells and one flat (No. 3) is directly accessed externally at ground level. Flat windows were double glazed softwood windows with side hung opening lights. The block directly fronts the street.

 

17-24 Ashbridge Street is a three-storey block containing 12 flats, constructed around 1965. It appears to be of concrete framed construction with masonry cavity external walls. It has a concrete tile covered pitched roof. There are two communal enclosed stairwells. Flat windows appeared to be double glazed PVCu with bottom hung opening lights. The block has a communal car park to each end at the rear, accessed via a carport at each end.

 

30-45 Ashbridge Street is an L shaped three storey block containing 16 flats incorporating three integral garages fronting onto Ashbridge Street and four ground floor retail units fronting onto Church Street. Constructed around the late 1980s, it is concrete framed construction with masonry cavity external walls. It has concrete tile covered pitched roofs with asphalt covered flat lower roofs and balcony walkways. There are four communal enclosed stairwells. Flat windows appeared to be double glazed powder coated with top hung opening lights.

 

12a-16a Church Street comprises three adjoining mid/end terrace Victorian properties. The three adjoining properties have inverted pitched roofs with a front parapet wall. The external walls are of solid facing brickwork. There is one small communal hall on the ground floor of 12/14 accessed from the street, serving two flats on the upper two floors. This single entrance has two doorbells. A second door from the street opens directly into 16a; there is no internal common area. Two doors at the rear provide occupants with access to the rear yard, which is shared by occupants of the restaurant and adjoining properties. The flat windows are single glazed timber at the rear and timber double hung sashes on the front elevation.

 

32 Church Street is a four-storey mid terrace block of eleven flats dated from the 1970s/1980s. The block has tiled pitched roofs. The external walls appear to be a combination of solid and cavity facing brickwork. There is one communal internal RC staircase accessed through the ground floor lobby, serving three flats on each upper floor and two at lower ground floor level. The single entrance has a door entry system. The flat windows are double glazed timber at the rear and timber double hung sashes on the front elevation. The block has a landscaped communal garden at the rear shared with No 38. The shops have a lower ground storey at the rear.

 

38 Church Street is a four-storey mid terrace block of nine flats dated from the 1970s/1980s. The block has tiled pitched roof with a part led valley roof construction. The external walls appear to be a combination of solid and cavity facing brickwork. There is one communal internal RC staircase accessed through the ground floor lobby. The single entrance does not have an updated door entry system. The flat windows are double glazed timber at the rear and timber double hung sashes on the front elevation. The block has a landscaped communal garden at the rear shared with No 32. The shops have a lower ground storey at the rear.

 

3 Gateforth Street appears to be a mid-terraced property, converted into an HMO containing seven dwelling units. It is estimated that the property was constructed around 1890. It is of solid masonry construction with a presumed (due to parapet walls, the roof covering could not be viewed) pitched, slate tile covered roof. Windows were of single glazed softwood vertically sliding sash type. The property sits directly on the paved highway with no soft or hard landscaping.

 

77-81 Lisson Grove is a three-storey block of seven flats of 1990s style construction. The block has hipped and pitched roman pan tile roof finish. The external walls are of cavity facing brickwork to all elevations with exposed concrete window lintels and edge beams. Both elevations have communal staircases with door entry systems adjacent to each metal glazed entrance door. The bin room has a pair of matchboard timber doors. All windows are double glazed timber framed windows with a mixture of side hung and top hung opening lights to each elevation. There are rear gardens to the ground floor flats which are bounded by a 2m high brick wall. The front and side elevation have painted metal railings. There is a concrete side ramp with asphalt coating up to flat 1 on Broadley Street.

 

147-155 & 157-165 Lisson Grove are three-storey blocks of six flats of 1960s style construction. The blocks have a flat roof, and external walls are of solid wall brickwork construction to all exposed elevations. The Lisson Grove elevation has communal staircases with door entry system adjacent to the metal glazed entrance door. The bin room is in the same enclosure as the main entrance door and is metal non-glazed door. All windows are double glazed PVC-u framed windows with some flat height window screens on both elevations. There are a mixture of side hung and bottom hung opening lights to each elevation. There are front and rear landscaped areas to the ground floor flats which are bounded by a 2m high brick wall to the rear. The front elevation has painted metal railings on a low-level concrete retaining wall. The main entrance has a paved entrance area with concrete side ramp.