Peacock Public House
October 2008, London
The brief was to renovate an existing ground floor Pub, renovate the first floor residential unit and create a further 2 residential storeys on top of the existing building. As the building was sited in a conservation area the design intention was to retain both the existing use and architectural integrity of the existing building. In aiming to establish a design clarity to the building the natural progression was to balance out the upper floors while not detracting away from the Peacock pub.
This was achieved through a clever modern intervention that slotted into the existing site blurring the threshold between old and new. A dark stained timber rain-screen and translucent glazing would allow the contemporary extension to have a visual link to the black timber band of the pub. The Proposal acknowledges it’s setting within a conservation area by reinforcing the stature of the Peacock pub and applying a subtle element of contemporary architecture, visually enhancing and prolonging the longevity of this site as a building within the built environment of architectural merit.
