A new dental practice within a Grade II listed building.
Sensitive restoration of ceilings and cornices, combined with the fit-out of a compliant modern surgery, inside a listed period building.
- Sector
- Dental and medical
- Location
- Southampton
- Building
- Grade II listed, period interior
- Scope
- Ceiling and cornice restoration, surgery fit-out, services coordination, decoration
- Feedback
- Southampton City Council Historic Environment Officer
Brief
Create a fully operational dental surgery in a listed room whose ceilings and cornices had been damaged and partly lost, while respecting the character of the building and satisfying the conservation officer.
Approach
Original plasterwork was recorded and repaired, with missing runs of cornice reinstated to match the surviving profile. Clinical services, cabinetry and the treatment chair were planned around the room rather than against it, with routes for services kept clear of historic fabric. Decisions were documented and shared with the conservation officer as the work progressed.
Outcome
Following inspection, the Historic Environment Officer described the work as carried out in a sensitive manner and in accordance with conservation best practice, noted that the internal character of the room had been re established, and asked whether JSV’s details could be passed to other listed building owners.
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