St James Apartments

Award-winning residential conversion

Client: Astley Town St James
Location: Edgbaston
Sector: Conservation / Residential
Size: 12 duplex apartments
Value: £3 million
Status: Completed

Awards

RICS Awards Building Conservation | Winner | 2007
The Birmingham Civic SocietyRenaissance Award | Winner | 2005
Birmingham Post & Mail’s House Design Awards Special Design Award | Winner | 2004

Story

Insertion of a new steel frame allowed the creation of double height spaces admitting daylight right into the centre of this redundant church.

New apartments are arranged to take advantage of the Victorian gothic detail and to produce modern airy spaces. The project was completed to acclaim winning a Civic Trust award amongst others, both for the quality of conservation and conversion