Devonshire Square
Devonshire Square
This group of listed 18th century buildings are the warehouses
of the East India Company, London's first joint stock company and one of the great historic trading enterprises. The buildings were used to house a myriad of exotic goods transported to Britain from the Indian sub-continent and the Orient. They are rare examples of buildings associated with trade that have survived in the City.
The empty and redundant warehouses had been carefully redeveloped in the late 1970's by Sir Stuart Lipton's Greycoat Estates, taking inspiration from the forms and courtyards of the original warehouses and retaining the most significant buildings. Purchased by O'Connor Capital Projects, Fletcher Priest was appointed to review the potential of the whole site. Proposals were developed to integrate the estate into the changing urban environment outside the site, to improve the efficiency of the office spaces and to develop a greater mix of uses to encourage active use after working hours.
of the East India Company, London's first joint stock company and one of the great historic trading enterprises. The buildings were used to house a myriad of exotic goods transported to Britain from the Indian sub-continent and the Orient. They are rare examples of buildings associated with trade that have survived in the City.
The empty and redundant warehouses had been carefully redeveloped in the late 1970's by Sir Stuart Lipton's Greycoat Estates, taking inspiration from the forms and courtyards of the original warehouses and retaining the most significant buildings. Purchased by O'Connor Capital Projects, Fletcher Priest was appointed to review the potential of the whole site. Proposals were developed to integrate the estate into the changing urban environment outside the site, to improve the efficiency of the office spaces and to develop a greater mix of uses to encourage active use after working hours.
Within the context of these masterplanning proposals, Fletcher Priest with the new owners The Rockpoint Group have added residential and retail uses within the listed buildings and roofed over the western courtyard with a delicate steel and ETFE roof to create an active public space below. Across the estate, a series of new office receptions remind users and visitors of the remarkable history and trade that took place within these buildings.
Click to view an animated video flyover of Fletcher Priest's city projects.
press:
WIDN - Devonshire Square November 2011; Devonshire Square in FX - Buildings That Started Life in the 18th Century... October 2011; Property Week July 2009; Lobbies Waiting Rooms December 2008;
Click to view an animated video flyover of Fletcher Priest's city projects.
press:
WIDN - Devonshire Square November 2011; Devonshire Square in FX - Buildings That Started Life in the 18th Century... October 2011; Property Week July 2009; Lobbies Waiting Rooms December 2008;