113-115 Redchurch Street
113-115 Redchurch Street
Working in collaboration with Chris Dyson Architects, our structural engineers developed low-key principles to repair, stabilise and improve the overall robustness of the front elevation of No.113 in situ, before then consulting on the extensive restoration and refurbishment works for both houses.
This work retained much of No.115’s rear elevations and closet wing, with both houses now linked internally into a single A1 retail unit and both basements extended downwards.
The two buildings were constructed in 1735 as weavers houses to the designs of William Farmer and is a rare and early survivor of an 18th century weaver’s tenement house, a building type that once dominated the Spitalfields area. The Grade II listed houses consist of five-storeys, including a basement. The party walls and front elevation comprise of load-bearing masonry walls that bear directly on to the ground, as is a common occurrence with Georgian buildings.
Both buildings were in a state of severe structural disrepair, with many parts having decayed and collapsed. Both buildings had been open to the elements (and pests) for decades due to uncovered window openings, collapsed and open sections of roof leading to extensive structural and non-structural decay, and the condition of both buildings was deteriorating rapidly. Both houses were included on Historic England’s ‘Heritage at Risk’ Register.
Client: Old Truman Brewery Ltd
Architects: Chris Dyson Architects