Oriel Villas - Cheltenham

Conversion and refurbishment of listed Regency villas from office use to 10 luxury apartments. During the previous twenty years, a number of planning applications and approvals had been granted for the building however not all of the works had been carried out in accordance with the approvals. As such the refurbishment provided an opportunity to make good much of the damage that had been caused to the building by its conversion to office use. There were extensive pre-application discussions with the local authorities’ conservation department to ensure resulting scheme was acceptable to them. The former office accommodation in the basement and upper ground floor was repurposed to create 4 maisonettes. In addition, the roof space was accessed via the reinstatement of a previously blocked up historic staircase, to create 2 penthouse apartments.