Thesiger Road
Thesiger Road, Penge – new extra care housing scheme for Hanover Housing Association
Key Facts
Range and type of units:
41 x 1 bedroom flats
9 x 2 bedroom flats
Extra care communal facilities
Gross internal floor area: 4566 m2
Site area (ha): 0.45
Date of completion: Spring 2012
The new scheme, which is being developed by Hanover, will replace an existing forty-three bed residential care home which is no longer fit for purpose. Extra care housing provides self-contained accommodation with communal facilities where older people can remain in their own homes for longer, with care and support being brought into the building allowing the majority of people to continue living independently until nearly the very end of their lives. This development comprises forty-one one bedroom and nine two bedroom flats and follows on from another new extra care development by Hanover at Bromley Common, which is currently under construction.
The site is an awkwardly shaped area of land, surrounded on all sides by residential developments and the new building has been designed to be sympathetic to the context of the area, responding to each boundary in a different way. The radial form of the building avoids long monotonous elevations and the projecting gables respond to the residential scale of the neighbourhood. The building is also broken into smaller elements by the use of a variety of materials. A combination of red brick, yellow London stock and render will be used, reflecting the materials evident in the surrounding built environment. This all helps to give the impression of individual dwellings rather than an institutional building.
In addition to the flats themselves, the building provides a dining area, two lounges, a shop, and a health suite including assisted bathing and hairdressing facilities. Everyone living in the scheme will have access to a landscaped courtyard and gardens and the building is fully accessible for people in wheelchairs.