Twyford Abbey, London

Twyford Abbey is a Grade II listed early nineteenth century house in the London Borough of Ealing, arranged around a central courtyard and standing in grounds of around 5.4 hectares. It had been empty for years and sits on the Historic England At Risk Register at Category A, the highest category of risk. The scheme brings it back into residential use as 30 private apartments.

Twenty nine of the apartments are formed within the existing building. The work includes demolition of the 1960s infill to the west elevation and the 1960s east extension, a new full height link building, a mezzanine and partitions to form an apartment within the Chapel, two new lifts, a dormer extension to the 1904 range, new balconies to the courtyard elevations and ground floor terraces to the south and east. The external fabric, the Atkinson's cement render, the windows, the doors and the roofs are comprehensively repaired, the castellations are reinstated and the historic decoration to the entrance hall, the south rooms and the principal stair is put back.

The thirtieth unit is a new build. The existing workshop adjoining the Walled Garden is demolished and replaced with a single storey two bedroom house of 79 square metres. The separately listed Walled Garden and the Cottage are retained.