Clementhorpe Maltings – Repurposing and conserving a redundant Grade II Listed former Maltings.
Brief
The Grade II Listed building had been disused for more than half a century and was threatened with demolition when City of York Council approached our developer client Northminster for ideas.
There were significant issues to be addressed as part of the proposals, including preservation of the original building and equipment, structural instability, archaeology and flood risk. To save the building, the potential re-use needed to be commercially viable for the developer and City of York Council.
Idea
Our proposal exploited the key characteristics of the Listed building by dividing one end vertically into four-storey townhouses for commercial sale, whilst preserving the rare machinery and the integrity of the original building volume.
Details
- Mesh was appointed to detail the project from design through to completion, working closely with the contractor. The design includes:
- Spectacular communal entrance space that can be opened to the public periodically for historical tours.
- A radical solution that uses the dividing walls of the new houses to stabilise the building removing the need for extensive structural alterations
- Working with the low floor to ceiling heights of a typical maltings building with uses designed to reflect the varying floor heights.
- Houses for modern living woven sensitively into the fabric of the original timber and cast iron frame.
- Honest expression of new window openings and restoration of original ones.
- Complex negotiations with Historic England, City of York Conservation Officer and the Association for Industrial Archaeology.
- Integrating the requirements of modern Building Regulations with the sensitivity of the Grade II Listing.
Before
After
AIA
“The judges were impressed by the minimal use of new materials, the design, which retained as much of the original building as possible, such as cast-iron columns; new features, such as windows, being unobtrusive, and the fact that conversion into houses, rather than apartments, aided the stability of the building."
“This is one of the best maltings conversions I have seen.”
— Amber Patrick, AIA
RICS Judging Panel
Awards
2017 National RICS Awards - WINNER - Residential Category
2017 Association for Industrial Archaeology (AIA) Awards- WINNER - Best Creative Re-use of an Industrial Building
2017 Regional RICS Awards - WINNER - Conservation Category
2017 Regional RICS Awards - WINNER - Residential Category
2017 Regional RIBA Awards - SHORTLISTED - Conservation Category
AIA
“The judges were impressed by the minimal use of new materials, the design, which retained as much of the original building as possible, such as cast-iron columns; new features, such as windows, being unobtrusive, and the fact that conversion into houses, rather than apartments, aided the stability of the building."
“This is one of the best maltings conversions I have seen.”
— Amber Patrick, AIA
RICS Judging Panel
AIA
“The judges were impressed by the minimal use of new materials, the design, which retained as much of the original building as possible, such as cast-iron columns; new features, such as windows, being unobtrusive, and the fact that conversion into houses, rather than apartments, aided the stability of the building."
“This is one of the best maltings conversions I have seen.”
— Amber Patrick, AIA
RICS Judging Panel
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