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Mildmay Park
Date: 2000
Specialist Housing
Client: Notting Hill Housing Trust
Notting Hill Housing Trust, with PRP Architects, were selected by Islington Borough from 9 Associations to redevelop 2 neighbouring sites on Mildmay Park to provide a mixture of sheltered, special needs and mixed tenure general needs housing.
PRP's design for the Pennefather House site reinstates the original building line on Mildmay Park and reflects the scale and materials of the adjoining four-storey Victorian terrace. The main block accommodates 40 extra care sheltered flats over four floors, all benefiting from east or west aspect. A three-storey wing to the rear provides a Resource Centre at ground level and accommodation for 6 residents with dementia and 6 units for intermediate care at first and second floor. The wing divides the rear of the site to create a sheltered, south facing garden area for use by residents and Resource Centre visitors, and a parking/entrance court accessed in the north eastern area of the site.
The fusion of Sheltered flats, Resource Centre, Intermediate Care and Dementia accommodation provides considerable flexibility for Notting Hill Housing Trust in delivering care and support to older residents as the demand arises. The resource centre facilities, which include a full meal service, are available to the residents and older people in the surrounding community.
The brief for the redevelopment of Hadleigh House included the provision of a 10 bed care home for young adults with physical disabilities, 4 wheelchair flats for rent, 15 flats for outright sale and 18 shared ownership flats.
The 10 bed care home is located on part of the ground and first floors where it is integrated within the main 4 storey block facing the street. The entrance to the home (along with staff and communal accommodation) is located within a two storey wing to the rear of the site. This wing defines a private entrance, parking court and a secure garden with southern aspect.
The private sale and shared ownership flats are located in the remainder of the main 4 storey block with access directly off Mildmay Park. The rear of the site also accommodates a small independent block of wheelchair and rental flats.
A simple palette of materials externally was selected to provide an economical and low maintenance building that provides an elegant addition to the existing streetscape and eschews the institutional image of the 1960’s building it has replaced.