Located on West Common Road, London Borough of Bromley, Hayes Court is a 10 minute-walk from Hayes Town Centre. The scheme proposes 15 new-build houses and the conversion of the Grade II Listed Building, Belgrave House, into 8 residential units. The site is surrounded by the woodland of Hayes Common as well as a part of the Bromley, Hayes and Keston Commons Conservation Area.
The site is made up of several buildings, all of varying architectural and historical significance.
The Main House (Grade II Listed) is made up of various additions dating from 1776 to post 1940. This block is to be retained. Additions and extensions throughout different periods with little architectural interest or value will be demolished.
The Historic Wall dates back to 1839 is retained for its historical significance.
The Listed Building acts as the focus of the scheme – with all views directed towards it and the surrounding buildings are designed to complement it. The facades will be repaired, removing all unnecessary existing elements.
The proposal of The Mews will open the views up from West Common Road through the mews and towards the main house and the southern lawn.
Houses at The Approach is deliberately designed in a less formal orientation, turning themselves away from the orthogonal grid of the rest of the site in order to complement the main approach to the listed building.
The 3 villas sit to the west of the listed building are pushed behind the line of the existing building with further trees planted to increase the screening.
The gatehouse sits on its own to the north of the northern entrance and is shrouded by trees and will have no visual impact on the setting of the listed building.
The existing house is to be sensitively conserved and adapted to bring the building back to residential use, making the most of its best existing features. The historic fabric of the old house will be retained as much as possible with minimal interventions to suit its new purpose.
The design of the new buildings aims to complement the Listed Building but also to make architectural reference to the wider context of this part of Hayes. The essential nature of the locality is that of a leafy residential suburb sitting on the edge of the wooded countryside. These new houses take their cues from the architecture of the neighbouring buildings whilst incorporating modern elements
