Stonegrove Estate church & community centre
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A new church and community centre was located at the heart of the masterplan
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Sprunt Architects built a church and community centre on the north London estate redevelopment that it masterplanned.
With a chapel, community spaces, nursery, café, consultation room and more, this is intended as the heart of the new Stonegrove and Spur Road estates (collectively known as Stonegrove), replacing blocks of council housing that are the latest subjects of the London Borough of Barnet’s extensive development programme.
What sets Stonegrove apart from other schemes is the retention of its fervent community centre and church, OneStonegrove. Like the estate itself, each of the centre’s façades presents a different character: the chapel entrance sits in a gabion wall, the main elevation features full-height louvres suspended from the roof, and the entrance to the community centre and café is clad in Fibrelite glass reinforced plastic (GRP). The ceilings of the canopy and interiors are articulated by timber beams.
Along with the small, dedicated chapel, the main hall is a licensed place of Christian worship, complete with a covered pool for immersion baptisms overlooked by a camera that can broadcast them to screens throughout the building. Another large room caters for multi-faith celebrations as well as any community activities, while the floor above the nursery boasts a play space on a covered roof terrace.
Data
- Begun: Jan 2015
- Completed: Jul 2016
- Floor area: 989m2
- Sectors: Residential, Religious
- Total cost: £4M
- Procurement: JCT Design and Build Contract 2011
- Address: 5 Hayling Way, Edgware, London, HA8 8BN, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Sprunt Architects
- Client: Diocese Church of London
- Structural engineer: David Dexter Associates
- M&E consultant: Whitecode
- QS: Ridge & Partners
- Acoustic consultant: Sharps Redmore
- Landscape architect : Sprunt Architects
- Project manager : Ridge & Partners
- CDM co-ordinator : DBK (Now RPS Group)
- Approved building inspector : MLM
- Main contractor: The Goldsmith Group
- CAD software used: Revit (up to tender stage); AutoCAD thereafter