As part of the Cathedral Close Plan for Winchester Cathedral, Adams Hendry laid the groundwork for the submission of a planning application and scheduled monument consent application by the school’s architects for a new two storey extension to the Pilgrims’ School, a boys’ preparatory school. This has now been completed and houses a new pre-prep nursery school and a replacement swimming pool with changing room.
Key issues considered as part of the work included overcoming strict national and local planning policies concerned with proposals adjoining scheduled monuments; the School’s character and setting within the Winchester conservation area; the location of the development adjacent to listed buildings including some which are Grade I listed and the setting of these listed buildings; high archaeological potential and flood risk.