Quenington Mansions
Refurbishment of an Edwardian Mansion block to provide high quality, energy efficient homes

Gort Scott are leading the refurbishment of eight flats within an existing Victorian Mansion in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. This new retrofit project for Quenington Mansions, follows the successful refurbishment of a similar building for Dorrington Plc:
Bridge Avenue Mansions.
Quenington Mansions was acquired by Dorrington in 2018. The building was previously in the same ownership since its initial construction more than 100 years ago. The entire building will be upgraded to provide modern homes that are exceptional in design and in their innovative use of sustainable materials.
Quenington Mansions forms part of a terraced streetscape, with Hazelwood Mansions to the north and characterful well-maintained terrace houses to the south. Currently in poor condition, Quenington Mansions requires a series of upgrades to bring the standard of housing into the 21st century, to meet the needs of both current and future residents for years to come.
The layouts of the existing flats need modernising to bring them in-line with current building standards. Rooms are no longer fit for purpose, with narrow impractical spaces and limited natural daylight throughout.
The interior layouts have been re-imagined and reordered. Working carefully with the existing structure, much of the building fabric is to be retained, whilst strategic incisions and alterations will be made to open and improve the existing layouts, also improving the thermal, acoustic and fire performances.
The lower ground floor flats are to be reconfigured and open to the rear garden, capitalising on views and access to the improved communal landscape.
The primary objective is to improve the sustainability credentials of Quenington Mansions. The scheme helps to greatly improve the efficiency of the homes, whilst reducing the carbon footprint of the entire building.
The proposed scheme will implement sustainable construction methods and renewable energy provision by upgrading the heating and hot water generation to Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs) located within an enclosure on the roof.
The building will no longer be serviced by gas, with electric fittings supplied throughout, helping to decarbonise the buildings output. Materials with high recycled content have been chosen, including the use of innovative, sustainable, insulation solutions.
Annual carbon emissions are estimated to reduce by 68,768 kg CO2/year, which equates to a 47.8% improvement on the current building.
A stepped, terraced garden to the rear of the building is accessed and used by all residents. Gort Scott are working with Jonathan Cook Landscape Architects to develop an improved communal garden landscape.
Drawing inspiration from the area’s Edwardian heritage, the landscape provides a high-quality environment including a terraced shade garden for residents to relax, gather and grow, together with enhanced lightwell entrance area and side passage which leads to the garden.
A textural, shady and ferny planting character with moments of the exotic provides a calming and attractive place to immerse within and relax. There is a re-interpretation of Edwardian romanticism through simple detailing and reclaimed rustic features. The communal areas are characterised by a simple and textural palette of ferns, grasses and flowering perennials.
In addition, we are working with lighting consultants to develop a scheme for the external landscape, improving the security and access, and elevating overall ambiance in the communal garden.
The key design ambition is to add to the existing high-quality architecture on the site, whilst rejuvenating the architectural character of the existing building and improve the design, access, and environmental standards to the wider site. The new proposals are elegant, considerate, and responsive to its context.

Further information
Data
- Location
- London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
- Project type
- Homes and mixed-use, Heritage and adaptation
- Status
- Construction
Credits
- Client
- Dorrington
- Gort Scott Team
- Jay Gort, Fiona Scott, Joe Mac Mahon, Fraser Leach-Smith
- Collaborators
- Price & Myers (Structural Engineer), Services Engineer (Edward Pearce), JCLA (Landscape Architect), Planning Potential (Planning Advisors), Heritage Potential (Heritage Consultant), Trigon (Fire Consultant), Clarke Saunders (Acoustic Consultant), Shore Engineering (Approved Inspectors), Huntley Cartwright (Quantity Surveyor), Hollis Global (Principle Designers)
- Picture Credits
- Lorenzo Zandri (Photographer)