Voysey House, Chiswick, London

A case study for Historic England's Enhanced Advisory Services

Voysey House was built in 1902 as part of an expansion of the Sanderson wallpaper factory in Chiswick. It is the only commercial building designed by celebrated architect CFA Voysey and is Grade II* listed.

Voysey House has been a collaborative journey with Historic England and the wider client design team to help restore this important local landmark to reflect CFA Voysey’s original intent.

Productive consultation and discussions at design stage and their progressive approaches to proposals to upgrade fenestration, energy performance and accessibility have been explored and implemented to offer meaningful improvement and longevity to this important building.

Joshua Scott, Director dMFK Architects

In 2024, Sanderson will move back into the carefully restored Arts and Crafts building, which will accommodate their wallpaper showroom on the ground floor, the Sanderson and Morris & Co. archive on the porthole-lit third storey, and Grade A office space on the second and fourth floors.

Historic England helped to de-risk the site during pre-application by giving the developer comfort that double-glazing would be acceptable in terms of its impact on its significance. This saved the developer time that could have been spent exploring blind alleys such as secondary glazing. We also made suggestions regarding details that were taken up and improved the scheme.

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A photograph of people walking past a white brick office building with large, latticed windows A square-on photo of the wooden doorway to a white and black brick office building. A large, latticed window is above the doorway on the first floor. A photograph of a street scene featuring a pub and a white brick office building with large, latticed windows lit up at dusk An interior photograph of an empty open-plan office space with black girders, white walls, and large, latticed windows. A person is walking around the room in the background. An interior photograph of an empty open-place office space with white girders and large, latticed windows. Two people are walking around the room in the background. A close-up photograph of an interior ceiling with white bar lights and air ducts

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