Greenwich Water Tower
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Private house that incorporates a 40-metre high water tower into the design
At the base of the tower is a two-storey pavilion which features an entrance hall, kitchen and living/dining space on the ground floor, two en-suite bedrooms and a utility room above. There is a covered bridge into the 120-year-old tower.
The architect re-engineered this building with a room-stacking design that relates to its industrial past. A hydraulic lift is fitted alongside the tower stair which leads to a tower-top observatory level.
Data
- Begun: Nov 2002
- Completed: Mar 2004
- Floor area: 288m2
- Sector: House
- Procurement: Construction management
- Address: Shooters Hill, London, SE18 4JY, United Kingdom
Professional Team
- Architect: Loates-Taylor Shannon
- Project architects: Ana Matic, Caroline Byram, Greg Shannon, Jamie Wakeford, Louise Greenwood, Stephen Papps, William Haggard
- Client: Loates-Taylor Shannon
- Developer: Chickenfeed with Loates-Taylor Shannon
- Construction Management: Sidney Smith Project Management
- Site Management: Lyndon Cartwright
- Structural engineer: Haskins Robinson Waters
- Services engineer: Brinson Staniland Partnership
- Lighting design: Kevan Shaw Lighting Design
- Buidling Control: HCD Building Control
Suppliers
- Brickwork: Assured Brickwork
- Pond liner : Butyl Products
- Sanitaryware: CP Hart Distribution
- Glazing: Clapton Glass
- Ironmongery: Dorplan Contracts
- Lifts: Elevation Lift Services
- Vehicle gate automation: One Percent
- Kitchen splashbacks: Glass Express
- Joinery to bathrooms, slit windows: K&D Joinery
- Electrical and plumbing: MWF Security
- Walnut for house: The Natural Wood Floor Company
- Kitchen and appliances supply: Nicholas Anthony
- Terne-coated stainless-steel: Cladding Roles
- Lightning conductor: Southern Lightning Engineers
- Pebbles to pond: Trilcot
- Structural steel: Tresher Fabrications
- Piling : R Withers
- Sprinkler system: Atlas Fire Engineering
- Perimeter fencing: Buffalo Fence