January 2021 Design, Access + Heritage Statement Rosa's Thai Cafe, Baker Street - 100 Baker St, Marylebone, London W1U 6TW Application for Full ...

January 2021

                   Design, Access + Heritage Statement
                   Rosa’s Thai Cafe, Baker Street
                   100 Baker St, Marylebone, London W1U 6TW

                   Application for Full Planning + Listed Building Consent

3 Garrick Street   +44 (0)20 3417 4895
London WC2E 9BF    info@gundryducker.com

Introduction

This statement accompanies the application to fit-out an existing restaurant unit
within 100 Baker Street.

This statement has been written on behalf of Rosa’s Thai Cafe in relation to the
proposed renovation of Nº100 Baker Street. A summary of the proposed works
include refurbishment and minor alterations to the basement & ground floor to
form a new restaurant fit-out, and minor alterations to the shopfront. The overall
proposal includes the installation of new signage which will be covered in a
separate Advertisement Consent Application.

This statement is to be read in conjunction with the following planning drawings:

426_EX_01-03 & 426_PL_00-04.

Contents

01    Site Context

02    Recent Site Planning History

03    Site Context Images

04    Historical Context Images

05    Historical Context Maps

07    Design, Access & Heritage Statement

01 Site Context                                                                      02 Recent Site Planning History

The site is situated on Baker Street, Marylebone and forms part of the Grade II      16/01240/ADV: Display of internally illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.4m x
listed terrace, 94-124 Baker Street. The building lies within the Portman Estate     4.3m, externally illuminated hanging sign measuring 0.5m x 0.5m, 2no internally
Conservation Area (CA).                                                              illuminated menu box signs measuring 0.7m x 0.5m, display of advertising on
                                                                                     four canvas barriers serving seating area.
The terrace is uniform in character with shops occupying the ground floor. The       - Application Approved
ground floor shopfronts vary in style along the street and the shopfront of
Nº100 is of a later modern design.                                                   16/01263/LBC: Installation of signage.
                                                                                     - Application Approved
The statutory listing description is as follows:
                                                                                     10/10315/LBC: Display of signage
TQ 2881 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER BAKER STREET, W1 43/8 24.6.83 Nos. 94 to 114          - Application Approved
(even) and 9.1.70 (No 120) 118 to 124 (even) 24.6.83 G.V. II
                                                                                     07/07202/LBC: Reinstate glazing to upper panels of the shopfront.
Terrace of town houses with later shop fronts. c.1789, Portman Estate                - Application Approved
development; Nos. 94 to 98 and No. 122 facsimile rebuilds. Yellow stock brick
with Coade stone dressings; slate roofs. Symmetrical, finely proportioned            07/05083/LBC: internal alterations, new externally illuminated fascia and
terrace with Nos. 108 and 110 slightly advanced and slightly taller as central       projecting signs and new canvas to existing canopy.
pavilion. 4 storeys, including attic storey, with dormered mansards to Nos. 108      - Application Approved
to 114. Each front 3 windows wide. Mid to later C.20 shop fronts on ground
floor but No. 108 retains original entrance to centre with panelled door, half       00/09126/FULL: installation of new shopfront with opening windows.
columns and radial patterned fanlight recessed in semicircular arched opening        - Application Approved
with spaced vermiculated Coade voussoirs, quoins and mask keystone and
swagged imposts. Recessed glazing bar sashes, under flat gauged arches to 2nd
and 3rd floors, those on main 1st floor semicircular arched and recessed for
one order with linking impost string creating arcaded effect. 1st floor sill band;
anthemion ornamented band course over 2nd floor, the central pavilion with
animal mask and festoon pattern; mutule cornice and blocking course to attic
storey. No. 100 has 1st floor, geometrical patterned cast iron balconettes. The
terrace balances Nos. 105 to 115 (odd) q.v. opposite. No. 120 has G.L.C, plaque
recording residence of William Pitt the Younger.

Listing NGR: TQ2797581887

03 Site Context Images

15/01/2021                                                  92 A41 - Google Maps

                            92 A41

  Fig.03. View of terraces with Nº 94 in foreground (Google maps)                  Fig.04. View of Exterior of Nº100 Baker Street.

04 Historical Context Images

Fig.05. 1975 view of terraces looking towards Marylebone Road. Nº100 in the foreground (London Picture Archive)   Fig.06. 1975 view of Nº100 exterior. (London Picture Archive)

05 Historical Context Maps

Fig.07. c1800s: Named York Place at this time, the map illustrates the original   Fig.08. c1890s: Named York Place at this time, the map illustrates the row of   Fig.09. c1910s: Now named Baker Street, the terrace and mews to the rear appear
portman estate development.                                                       terraces with the development of the mews to the rear.                          unchanged.

Fig.10. c1950s: The mews have been renamed, however the terraces and mews         Fig.11. 2021: Unchanged.
appear unchanged.

06 Design & Access and Heritage Statement

Design Statement                                                                    Heritage Statement

The application proposes general refurbishment and fit out of the interior          The building’s historical character and assets are mainly focused on its facade and
including the installation of a new bar counter, lighting, fixtures and fittings,   its architectural uniformity with the adjoining townhouses.
timber cladding to lower half of walls and redecoration throughout. All of which
is reversible. Minor alterations include removal of existing modern partitions      The ground floor and basement has operated as a public house since the
forming the disabled WC to the front room of the ground floor and erection of       seventies and more recently a restaurant, although there is no clear record of the
new plasterboard partitions to the rear room on the ground floor forming a new      original plans prior to being a public house, the existing plans do indicate that
disabled WC and back of house area. The proposal to remove the disabled WC          significant alterations have already been made with the inclusion of a food hoists,
to the front room will improve the appearence of the restaurant when looking        a commercial kitchen, WC’s and accompanying storage and employee rooms.
in from the street, in addition it will improve the working environment and         Internally at basement and ground floor there are no visible surviving historical
functionality of the restaurant.                                                    features.

There are no proposed alterations to the basement and works are only cosmetic       The shopfront is a modern late C20th timber and glazed design, there are no
redecoration.                                                                       historical features that have survived, however in recent alterations modern
                                                                                    pastiche corbels have been reinstated to the stucco pilasters on either side of the
The proposed works intend to retain the shopfront with minor works including        shopfront.
redecoration of the existing, new traditional brass ironmongery and replacement
of the modern commercial retractable blind with a more traditional shop blind
in keeping with the design of the shopfront and the style of terraces town
houses.

Access Statement

There is no existing level access to the front of the restaurant, currently there
is two steps within the recessed entrance with a total rise of 250mm. Altering
the existing scenario to provide level access would adversely affect and
compromise the characteristics of the front elevation. Therefor a removeable
ramp is proposed with assistance to enable wheelchair access.

Currently there is a disabled WC provided to the front of the restaurant on the
ground floor, this is within the employees working area, and close to the food
hoists from which food is served. The proposal intends to keep this provision
but relocate it to the rear room, providing a more beneficial layout to staff and
offering wheelchair users discretion when using the disabled facilities.

There is no parking or external approaches that is within the demise or under
the control of the business owner. There is a no through road to the rear of the
premises known as Sherlock Mews.

Gundry & Ducker Architecture Ltd.
3 Garrick Street
London WC2E 9BF
United Kingdom

+44(0)20 3417 4895
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