164 Deptford High Street
164 Deptford High Street is a new-build mixed-use scheme of residential and workshop units.
Location
London Borough of Lewisham, SE8
Status
Completed
Use
Commercial
Client
First Premise Ltd
This project is one of a series designed by the practice in Deptford with two specific aims; to attract activity back to the High Street by providing low-cost flats and workshops; and to repair the decaying yet historic character of the street by filling important sites with sensitively designed buildings. This prominent development is located at the entry to the churchyard close to Thomas Archer’s celebrated eighteenth-century English Baroque church of St. Paul’s, Deptford. The project introduced the idea of classical form and a classical vocabulary of details to relate to the traditions both of the church and of London street architecture.
Stairs from the pavement
lead up to a first floor terrace overlooking the churchyard from which the residential units are accessed. A clerestory gives light to the ground floor workshops, entered from the street on the opposite side of the building.
The project was reviewed in a feature article in ‘The Architects’ Journal’.
Location
The development is located in the South East of England in Lewisham, London.