Pimlico Apartment: Listed Building Interior Design London

Pimlico, London · Grade II listed Victorian apartment · Phase 1 complete · Phase 2 ongoing

Architecture · Listed Building Consent · Interior Design · Interior Development · Construction Management

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THE BRIEF AND THE BUILDING

A Grade II listed apartment in Pimlico: a Victorian building with architectural features protected by listed status, a client based overseas, and a brief to rethink the interior without losing what the building already was. The project required listed building consent before work could begin, and one team to hold the process from London while the client could not be on site.

The interior was designed to sit within the building's listed fabric. Victorian proportions and original architectural details were treated as fixed conditions around which the new work was organised. Material choices were made to read as belonging to the building's period without being a reproduction of it. The joinery was designed specifically for the apartment. The marble specification was coordinated directly with the supplier, alongside the main contractor and the specialist trades.

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ON SITE: STRUCTURAL DISCOVERY

During the master bathroom strip-out, the floor was found to be heavily structurally compromised. The problem was not visible before works began. It emerged only once the existing finish was removed.

The implications were immediate. The listed building authority had to be notified. So did building control and the leaseholder. A structural engineer had to be brought onto the project at short notice.

The problem was resolved without impact on the programme. That outcome did not happen by chance. It required fast assessment, clear communication with the listed building authority, building control, the leaseholder, and the structural engineer, and decision-making on site that kept the project from losing weeks.

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WHAT THIS PROJECT DEMONSTRATES

A listed building refurbishment does not go wrong because of the protected elements. It goes wrong in the gaps between consultants, when a structural problem surfaces and nobody is holding the project. This project is an example of what it looks like when someone is.

Listed building consent. Structural problem-solving. Full coordination from planning through to completion. One studio, one point of contact, one programme.

Phase 1 covered the full interior refurbishment: listed building consent, structural works following discovery, interior design, bespoke joinery, marble specification and coordination, construction management from planning through to handover. Following completion, the client requested Phase 2. The scope is in development.