Novus Construction was appointed to carry out the complete strip-out and refurbishment of a private medical practice office on Harley Street. The building is a Grade II listed Georgian terrace, occupied by multiple medical practices on different floors throughout the works.
The brief required the full scope to be delivered within the constraints of a listed building: original floorboards could not be removed and had to be levelled and retained beneath the new herringbone oak floor. The electrical installation, lighting design and finishes all had to meet the requirements of a clinical consulting room while sitting in harmony with the Georgian architecture - original cornicing, panelled walls, sash windows and period chimneypiece intact throughout.
Works were carried out while other occupants and patients continued to use the building, requiring strict management of noise, dust and access at all times.
The completed consulting room - herringbone oak flooring over retained and levelled original Georgian floorboards, split-zone LED lighting running the full cornice perimeter, bespoke walnut joinery with integrated LED shelving, and the original Georgian chimneypiece and cornicing preserved throughout.
What makes this project distinctive is the discipline required to make two fundamentally different things work together: the original Georgian architecture - intricate plaster cornicing, panelled door architraves, the original period chimneypiece - and the requirements of a modern clinical consulting room. Nothing was simplified or hidden. The cornicing was cleaned and preserved. The sash windows were retained. The wash station, storage joinery and treatment facilities were designed to sit within the room rather than against it.
The bespoke joinery - walnut-finished storage units, mirrored shelving with integrated LED strips, and the wash station with marble-effect surround - was designed to complement the warm tones of the herringbone floor while contrasting cleanly with the white painted walls and original plasterwork.
Full redecoration throughout - all surfaces, woodwork and cornicing - was completed to a standard consistent with the Harley Street setting. The LED strip lighting integrated into the joinery provides independent task lighting for the treatment area, separately zoned from the main room circuits.
Harley Street sits within the Howard de Walden Estate - a conservation area of Georgian townhouses, most of which are listed. Working within a listed building imposes constraints at every stage: materials, methods of fixing, what can be removed and what must be retained. For this project that meant retaining the original floorboards, preserving all plasterwork, cornicing and joinery, and ensuring that no structural fabric was altered without consent.
Every decision - from how the floor was prepared, to how cables were routed, to how the joinery was fixed - was made with the building's listed status in mind. The result is a consulting room that meets the requirements of a working medical practice without leaving any trace of conflict with the building it sits within.
The result was a refurbished Harley Street medical office with upgraded services, new lighting, herringbone flooring, joinery, wash station, decoration and a clean handover. The room was brought up to a professional standard for medical practice use while retaining the character of the listed Georgian setting.
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