767-785 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON
Client: Ziser London
Architect: BB Partnership
Planning Consultant: Firstplan
Project overview: Mixed-use redevelopment of an extensive site wedged between the churchyard of the grade I listed Church of St Anne’s by Hawksmoor and the Limehouse Cut. The site comprised part derelict land and two dilapidated grade II listed industrial buildings on the ‘at risk’ register (since consolidated into a single entry), partly included in the Limehouse Cut. The buildings included a rare, former sailmakers’ warehouse/workshop, built in 1869 by William Cubitt & Company, as well as the steel framed former Caird & Rayner engineering workshop, built in c. 1896, believed to be a rare survival of an early steel framed workshop, complete with integrated architectural and industrial spaces, and with an associated office block on Commercial Road. Also various unlisted industrial buildings. Pre-application involvement, Heritage Statement and on-going support during determination. Whilst at Heritage Collective, with ongoing involvement.
