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Spurstone Troxy, 490 Commercial Road, London E1 0HX Phase 1A Spurstone Heritage Ltd Troxy, 490 Commercial Road, London E1 0HX Phase 1A: Urgent Works Heritage Statement For Ashburn Estates Limited March 2021 Troxy, 490 Commercial Road, London E1 0HX Phase 1A: Urgent Works Heritage Statement March 2021 Contents Executive summary 1 1. Introduction 3 2. The Site 5 3. Significance 21 4. The proposals and their impact 27 5. Sources 34 Appendix A. Statutory list entry 35 Appendix B. Relevant planning policy: a summary 37 Appendix C: pre-application consultation 39 Appendix D. Historic plans 44 Executive summary The Site Troxy is a Grade II-listed former cinema in the York Square Conservation Area within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Designed by a leading cinema architect in Art Deco style with glamorous interior decoration, Troxy opened as a ‘super cinema’ in 1933. It later became an opera workshop and a bingo hall before reopening in the early 2000s as a multi-purpose events and live music venue. Troxy has been closed since March 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The owner is using the enforced closure as an opportunity to improve the building and incorporate measures to make it Covid-secure for safe re-opening to the public. Under the Cultural Recovery Grant Funding Round One, Arts Council England has awarded Troxy a grant towards the cost of the Covid-secure measures. The monies must be spent by the end of March 2021, or the grant will be withdrawn and it will not be possible to carry out these essential works; hence the urgency of this application. Significance The significance of the different aspects of the site affected by the present proposals may be summarised as follows: High significance: front elevation; original Art Deco interior decoration in Lobby, Foyer and Auditorium; communal value Moderate significance: stage machinery and fly system; Wurlitzer organ and organ chamber; Waiting Spaces; exterior elevations of pub (pub interior not inspected) Low significance: side elevations Neutral significance: back-of-house areas; Malthouse Apartments Detracts from significance: alterations to front doors and canopy; floor inserted into Foyer; floor over stalls; stairs from stalls to balcony; loss of the stage; modern partitions; mimic-Art Deco finishes and fittings introduced in the late twentieth century The proposals The present proposals for Urgent Works comprise: Lobby and Foyer: Removal of non-original box office and making good; removal of suspended ceiling in Lobby, revealing and repairing original metal coffers; new internal doors (temporary to match existing); temporary free-standing Box Office in location of existing Security; removal of non-original partitions at Mezzanine Foyer and provision of new temporary free-standing bar. WC and facilities upgrades: refurbishment of WCs generally; removal of non-original partitions in former Waiting Space and installation of new WCs; new cloakroom provision and associated circulation/way-finding improvements. Auditorium and stage: removal of non-original partitions to stage and wings; ventilation improvements; repair/replace MEP; check existing ductwork and reverse flow — clean and repair existing grilles. Spurstone Heritage Ltd ǀ Troxy | Phase 1A Urgent Works Heritage Statement | March 2021 1 Impact of the proposals The Urgent Works proposed are described and their impact assessed in Section 4 of this Heritage Statement. Of the 25 separate proposals listed in the impact assessment table (pages 30–33), nine would have a positive (beneficial) impact on the significance of the designated heritage asset that is the Grade II-listed Troxy building and 16 would have no impact on its significance. None of the proposals would cause harm to its significance. None of the proposed works would affect the exterior of the listed building, and there would thus be no impact on the character or appearance of the conservation area. Heritage justification The proposals are required for safe and efficient management of the site, and to make it Covid-secure for reopening in order that the business may continue, post-pandemic. The proposals provide the public benefit of sustaining the Troxy in its optimum viable use as an events and live music venue. Several of the the proposals would enhance and better reveal the significance of the listed building. The proposals are in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework 2019, particularly paragraphs 192 and 193. They meet the requirements of local policy S.DH3 Heritage and the historic environment. It is therefore requested that the application be approved. Spurstone Heritage Ltd ǀ Troxy | Phase 1A Urgent Works Heritage Statement | March 2021 2 1. Introduction Purpose of this Heritage Statement 1.1 This Heritage Statement has been written by Spurstone Heritage Ltd to support an application for listed building consent for Urgent Works to the former Troxy Cinema, a Grade II-listed building at No. 490 Commercial Road, London E1 0HX. The Statement should be read alongside the drawings by Ian Chalk Architects. 1.2 Troxy is now a live music and events venue. It has been closed since March 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. 1.3 The owner is using the enforced closure as an opportunity to improve the building and incorporate measures to make it Covid-secure for safe re-opening to the public. Under the Cultural Recovery Grant Funding Round One, Arts Council England has awarded Troxy a grant towards the cost of the Covid-secure measures. The monies must be spent by the end of June 2021 or the grant will be withdrawn and it will not be possible to carry out these essential works; hence the urgency of this application. 1.4 The Urgent Works are part of the first phase of a holistically-conceived project, already in development before the pandemic, to carry out a full refurbishment of the listed building and redevelop the rear part of the site on Pitsea Place. Their design is therefore integrated into a phased sequence of larger works, applications for which will follow in due course. Heritage planning context 1.5 The Site is a Grade II-listed former cinema (List entry no. 1065742; Appendix A). It is on the western edge of the York Square Conservation Area within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH); the conservation area boundary has been drawn specifically to include Troxy and the Royal Duke pub 50m west of the Site on Commercial Road. 1.6 There are other Grade II-listed buildings near the Site, on both sides of Commercial Road. Nearest the Site are Nos. 9–47 Bromley Street (List entry no. 1262297) and the Marion Richardson Primary School (List entry no. 1393589). Neither is close or co-visible with the Troxy in views within the setting of the listed building. 1.7 The listed buildings and conservation area are designated heritage assets as defined in the National Planning Policy Framework 2019 (NPPF, Annex 2). 1.8 Other nearby buildings are on LBTH’s list of buildings that are valued locally for their architectural, historical and townscape significance include Nos. 13–49 Belgrave Street. The special interest of these non-designated heritage assets will be a consideration in deciding planning applications. Methodology and structure of the report 1.9 The information contained in this report is based on desk-based research, a site visit on 28 October 2020 and discussion with the Client, Architect and project team. 1.10 This introduction is followed by a summary history of the Site in Section 2. The significance assessment in Section 3 uses the definitions of significance in the NPPF and provides the basis for assessing the heritage impact of the proposals in Section 4. Sources consulted are given in Section 5. 1.11 Appendix A contains the relevant National Heritage List entry, Appendix B summarises relevant plannng policies, Appendix C reproduces initial pre-application advice received from consultees, and Appendix D contains the original architect’s plans. Spurstone Heritage Ltd ǀ Troxy | Phase 1A Urgent Works Heritage Statement | March 2021 3 Scope and limitations 1.12 At the time of writing access to libraries and archives is restricted by Covid-19 regulations, so background research has been limited to the Troxy archive, the author’s library and online resources. Further research or site investigations may bring to light new information or evidence that may require the assessments or conclusions in this report to be revised or amended. 1.13 This report deals does not deal with structural matters or archaeology. The advice of suitably qualified experts should be sought on these matters as required. Spurstone Heritage Ltd ǀ Troxy | Phase 1A Urgent Works Heritage Statement | March 2021 4 2. The Site Fig 1. The Site Fig 2. The Site in its urban context (Google Earth, annotated) 2.1 The property is bounded to the north by the Commercial Road (A 13), to the south by the Docklands Light Railway viaduct and to east and west by Pitsea Street and Caroline Street respectively. The centre of the Site is at Grid Reference TQ 35826 81129 (Figs 1 and 2). Spurstone Heritage Ltd ǀ Troxy | Phase 1A Urgent Works Heritage Statement | March 2021 5 History Fig 3. Rocque’s map, 1783, detail with approximate Site location outlined in red Stepney 2.2 The name Stepney has Saxon origins, and referred originally to a settlement at ‘Stebba’s landing place’. This was probably at Ratcliff but the name became applied to a larger inland area that extended from the eastern suburbs of the City of London and south of Hackney as far as the River Lea, the eastern boundary of Middlesex. In Domesday (1086) it was recorded as ‘a mostly arable area with some mills, good meadows, rich pastures and woodlands and a peasant population of about 900, including Hackney’.
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