221005 MArys D&AStatement - Flipbook - Page 30
4.10 External Impact on the Listed Building
Limiting change
While the St Mary Centre brings valuable level access
to the hall, the building as a whole has a
disproportionate impact on the church. Little
accommodation is provided, and the scale of the door
is confusing.
This proposal redevelops the site of the St Mary Centre
but uses the available site to create more generous
spaces.
By limiting change to the areas already altered in the
construction of the 2005 St Mary’s Centre, the new
extension aims to limit physical impacts on the listed
fabric.
Roof
While the upper storey of this proposal increases the
height from the street, the new roof pitches down
towards the chancel, and adjoins it at a lower level than
the existing 2005 roof. The physical impacts of this
proposal are therefore no greater than the 2005
changes.
View of chancel
Seen from close-by, the height of the proposal will
conceal more of the chancel than the 2005 extension,
although this will not be the case from across the road.
However, the clear design language of this proposal
brings a new coherence which will improve the overall
impression of the east end of the church.
The Design Review panel noted:
“The panel considers that, although the proposed
extension conceals more of the apse than the building
it will replace, it promises to be of a higher quality
design than the existing extension and adds to the
setting of the historic building. As one of a number of
accretions which have been added to the original
structure, it remains subservient to the building behind
but also adds greater sequence and stronger hierarchy
to the overall architecture.”
Section and plan of the existing 2005 extension
Mary’s, Primrose Hill
Section and plan of this proposal
Dow Jones Architects