New hall and classrooms for Ayscoughfee Hall School

Ayscoughfee School required a new multi-function hall, together with music rooms and classrooms, to be ready for the start of the new school year.

The school buildings primarily consist of a Georgian Grade II* listed building, known as Welland Hall, and a number of late single-storey framed buildings. The space for the new accommodation was created by demolishing the single-storey buildings.

However, due to the sensitive nature of the site, the scheme was subject to close liaison with the local planning authority, English Heritage and local and national amenity organisations. As a result Acanthus Clews were involved in a detailed consultation process lasting almost two years.

The practice’s proposals found creative solutions to all the critical issues, particularly the height of the new building, its relation to the main building and the choice of materials.

The style has been kept deliberately simple, reflecting the proportions and clean lines of the adjoining listed property.

Instead of the traditional tender approach the architects used a two-stage tender in order to appoint a builder at an early stage and help meet a very limited time scale.

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