Archive for March, 2007

Retirement Home for Bovis, Port Sunlight

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

PJP were the architects for this development of 40 very sheltered apartments and communal facilities, in the heart of the Port Sunlight Village Conservation Area.
For the development to sit comfortably contextually we followed the design requirement William Lever instilled upon his architects, circa 1900, “housing to be in short terraces, ‘but’ no two terraces the […]

The Chester Classic, Chester

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

This 52 Very Sheltered retirement, apartment complex sits within the Chester Conservation Area. Our design and contextual use of materials reflects the character established by the nearby Chester “Rows”.

Aaron House, Penecuik, near Edinburgh

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

Our clients bought Beeslack House, a 19th Century sandstone Manor House, and Listed Grade B, as a boarded up shell. The building was fully restored, with substantial Historic Scotland grant aid, and converted to create a Nursing Home for the Elderly. The second phase of development was the construction of a 36 bed Residential Home […]

The Blundellsands Classic, Crosby, Southport

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

This project involved the retention of the original Grade II Listed Hotel frontage, demolition of a large 1960s extension and the construction of 53 Very Sheltered retirement apartments for sale, within a Conservation Area.

Shore Road Pumping Station

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

The pumping station has been essential to the removal of ground water seepage from the underground Merseyrail link with Liverpool, from the day it was built.
Paddock Johnson Partnership were appointed by Wirral Borough Council and British Rail to fully refurbish the building, inside and out, and provide a visitor access and public viewing gallery overlooking […]

Bolton Road, Port Sunlight

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

Adding quality to the heritage
We have recently completed the major conversion and refurbishment works of the original Lever Bros Managers’ houses to create 9 luxury flats for the Village Trust.
Many earlier conversion and “improvement” works had to be stripped out to reinstate the proportions of the principal rooms. Specific attention to the original materials […]

Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

Working at the heart of conservation
The practice has worked for Port Sunlight Village Trust since the Trust’s foundation in 1999. As part of the Trust’s undertaking to maintain residential units and village landmark buildings within their ownership, we have been retained as Architects for all significant projects in Port Sunlight Village.

Thornton Manor, Wirral

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

Listed buildings … new lives
Thornton Manor is one of the finest Grade II Listed Buildings in the Northwest. The Partnership has been associated with design proposals for Thornton Manor since the property and grounds were sold by the Leverhulme family in 2001.
Our original commission was to prepare design proposals for the Manor House, stable block […]

Mixed use - living over shops

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

Incisive design solutions
We have been involved in a range of mixed use schemes from the large scale
Alderley Edge, which included a 200 sq.ft design for Somerfield and 44 apartments, to a 500 sq.ft. Tesco metro at Eastham Rake, Wirral with 6 apartments over.
Schemes have also included refurbishment and regeneration projects such as a series of […]

Conway Park, Birkenhead

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

Transforming townscapes
We were commissioned to act as Masterplanners for the development of leisure and commerce facilities at Conway Park and as Architects for a number of the key buildings. The brief also included the public realm works to create links from the central plaza to the Vue cinema and Europa Pool.
We are currently working […]