The practice has been commissioned to revitalize this Grade II listed mansion - currently in use as a golf and country club - as an environmentally responsible, luxury hotel.
Much of Broxbournebury's historic fabric has survived, but the reception and domestic rooms have been used to house fitness equipment and the historic walled garden has been replaced with tennis courts. The practice will relocate these inappropriately sited leisure facilities into a new, purpose-built extension. The natural gradient of the site will be used to 'bury' the new building under a green roof with the walled garden restored above. In this way, the design will meet the exacting requirements of a modern hotel with minimal impact on the historic setting.
The scheme will also implement a groundbreaking sustainable agenda. Broxbournebury will see the first application of natural air conditioning through ground coupling to a UK hotel, and solar panels will meet 85% of the hotel's hot water requirements. Additional features will include a biomass boiler, rainwater and grey water recycling, and an urban drainage system with reed beds. This range of measures will establish Broxbournebury as one of the most sustainable hotels worldwide.