Planning permission has been granted for an extension of our development on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch.

The first phase of the project, Redchurch Corner (58-60 Redchurch Street), is a mixed-use development of 16 hotel rooms above two street-level retail units, occupied by Allpress Coffee and J. Crew. The project involved the recladding, refurbishment and extension of an existing 1960s light industrial building on the corner of Redchurch Street and Club Row.

New floors and a basement were added to create a five-storey building, and the façade was stripped back to its brick-faced concrete frame and clad with charcoal concrete infill panels featuring exposed silver aggregate. The introduction of a continuous concrete band around the building adjusts the proportions of the ground floor, creating a more defined street-level façade. The two new upper floors are lighter in colour to reduce the impact of the scheme and retain the memory of the original building.

The new development, No. 56 Redchurch Street, a two-storey basement and four/five-storey building, extends the hotel offer, increasing it to a 37-room hotel complete with restaurant, bar and second retail space. It replaces a dilapidated single-storey building. The design mediates between the predominantly Georgian Redchurch Street and the once-industrial mews of Whitby Street.

The proposal for No. 56 follows the lead of the area’s Georgian buildings – with their sparse brick façades articulated by detail, texture and quality revealed only around doorways and windows. The secondary access on Whitby Street is designed to respond to the industrial character of the mews and features a full-width entrance that is set back - reminiscent of a goods entrance. At night this will activate the street in a quiet way.