Charterhouse

Dining Room Refurbishment, Charterhouse School, Godalming

Charterhouse is located in Godalming, Surrey and was founded in 1611. It is one of the UK’s leading independent boarding and day schools, providing an outstanding education for boys and girls aged 13 to 18 years old.

The project comprised of the refurbishment of the Schools individual Dining Halls, Kitchens and Serveries to create a large open-plan dining area with modern kitchen and serving areas to enable the school houses to eat meals together. The large 2 storey vaulted ceilings with decorative panels and bespoke lighting were a feature of the refurbishment.

The project included adaption and extension of the existing ventilation systems, plumbing and heating and electrical systems.

Close coordination with the kitchen, servery and dining room furniture suppliers was essential to ensure the quality of the build was acheived.

New Primary School, Highwood Copse School, Newbury

Highwood Copse School is a new Primary school located in Newbury, West Berkshire.

Feltham were engaged on a design and build basis by West Berkshire Council and were delighted to be working alongside them again.

The project is a modern, single storey Primary School (1FE) with capacity for 250 pupils built on a greenfield site and achieved BREEAM Excellent. The new building provided classrooms for children from Nursery to Yr 6 together with seperate Science and ICT classrooms, staffrooms and toilet facilities. The school is in excess of 1500m2 and is finished with a distinctive trapezoidal front elevation with Cedar cladding which invites focus on the main entrance.

External works included playgrounds, playing fields, a MUGA and a drop off area.

 

 

 

L Social, Radley College, Abingdon

Student Accommodation, Radley College

L Social provides new accommodation for the pupils attending Radley College, the block also houses the Tutors Home to accommodate his family.

The structure provides residential and communal facilities for 70 boys, ranging from 13 to 18 years of age, the accommodation section of the building is separated into 2 wings.

The building was constructed by a steel frame, with traditional brick outer leaf, aluminium windows, as well as a pitched roof with clay tiling.

 

 

Cooper Lodge, St Edward’s School, Oxford

New Boarding House

St Edwards School identified the requirement for a new, additional boarding house for their growing school community.

The new boarding house titled as ‘Cooper Lodge’ accommodates bedrooms for 70 students, 50 boys and 20 girls of various year groups, the building also provides House Master accommodation, Assistant House Master’s flat and a Tutor’s flat.

The boys and girls accommodation is separated into 2 wings, within the 3 storey block.

The new structure similarly follows the design of the Schools previous boarding house, Jubilee House (also constructed by Feltham Construction), in keeping with the existing architecture surrounding the School, whilst featuring curved stone walls.

Science Block, Radley College, Abingdon

Radley College is located in Radley, Oxfordshire and was founded in 1847. It is a prestigious independent boarding school for boys aged 13-18.

Feltham have been working with Radley College for over 15 years, producing a succession of excellent projects and were thrilled to continue the long-term working relationship with the construction of their new Science Block; our 13th project with the College.

The Works comprised the partial demolition, alteration, refurbishment and extension of the existing Science Building which was originally constructed in 1937. The new building provided new science laboratories, a 184 seat lecture theatre and a rooftop observatory. The feature of the building is the new circular extension with upper storey curtain walling lit by feature LED lighting. A bespoke piece of art reflecting the periodic table was added as a centre piece to the building to blend in with the science theme. Each box contains products or a link to the element they represen, the inert gases have their periodic letters illuminated meaning each element produces a different colour.

The project was phased to allow existing teaching spaces to be utilised during the works which dictated close coordination between the Client and build team.

Image Credit:  Lance McNulty Photography


 

 

New Refectory, Ibstock Place School, Roehampton

Ibstock Place School was founded in 1894 and is located in Roehampton, London. It is a co-educational, independent day school educating children aged between 3 and 18 years of age.

The project comprised of the construction of a new School building that is linked to the main School house. Feltham delivered a full internal renovation installing a commercial kitchen and dining halls to create a new Refectory for the staff and pupils. The new Refectory provides a high quality and enjoyable dining environment during the day whilst in the evening the multi-purpose space is suitable to host large school events and activities, essential to the annual school programme.

Works included the demolition of existing buildings in addition to the construction of a new sixth form area and various other ancillary rooms & washing facilities. External work remodelling was completed as part of the project.

New Swimming Pool, Chesham Preparatory School, Buckinghamshire

Chesham Prepatory School was founded in 1938 and is located in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. It is a co-educational school for children aged 3 to 13 years old.

The project at Chesham Preparatory School comprised the construction of a new 25m swimming pool with changing rooms and further administration spaces for use by the pupils and staff. Works also included a new access road and took place adjacent to the exisiting sports hall, which remained in use throughout the duration of the project. The site was situated on green belt land and needed a highly sensitive approach to lessen the impact on the environment.

Sports Centre Extension, Tiffin School, Kingston-upon-Thames

The Tiffin School is a boys’ grammar school founded in 1880 and is located in Kingston-upon-Thames, England.

This project delivered a 2-storey extension to the existing school sports hall, with minor alterations and refurbishment works of the existing changing areas. This involved the upgrading of mechanical and electrical services in addition to the demolition of the single storey out-buildings, as well as the diversion of existing external services and the provision of all associated external works.

The new extension is designed to reflect the existing half of the building, previously constructed, which was to provide five new additional classrooms, as well as a new commercial School kitchen, servery, dining hall for the staff and pupils.

 

New Training Centre CTC Frimley

Cadet Training Centre, Frimley

The Cadet Training Centre (CTC) was set up in 1959 and is located in Frimley Park, Surrey. It is the national centre of excellence for Cadet Forces training.

Works comprised the construction of a new 2 storey, 530m2 building to provide teaching, dining and training facilities for the South East Reserve Forces.

The scope also included alterations and refurbishment works to an adjacent grade ll listed building to deliver disabled bedrooms as well as laundry facilities, lockers, WC’s and secure rooms.

Bardwell Court, St Johns College, Oxford

St Johns College is a constituent College of the University of Oxford. It has been operational since 1555, when it was a Men’s College, however since 1979 it has become coeducational and educates around 390 undergraduate and 250 post graduates.

Works comprised the refurbishment and extension to the Colleges existing Masters accommodation at Bardwell Court. The scope also included all associated works and services, with the inclusion of a new lift. The apartments were built to an exceptionally high quality, with hardwood joinery, timber floors and bespoke hand-painted kitchens.