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Dyer Associates
Lauriston House
Montpelier Street
Cheltenham

Rodney House Project, Cheltenham

Cheltenham based Architects Messrs. Dyer Associates were faced with the problem of providing access for the less able, wheelchair users and refuse bin disposal, to and from a row of six Georgian Grade II listed buildings, they were being converted from residential to office use.

Each of three pairs of houses had an existing common flight of short rise steps with original wrought iron ballustrading. The responsible architect could not source any form of lift system that could be incorporated into an aesthetically acceptable solution that would not detract from the frontages.

An experienced Saxon Sales Engineer was asked by the project architect to visit their offices and advise on an installation utilising a hydraulic driven scissor lift, to meet their stringent design criteria and the requirements of the local authority.

After careful consideration a solution was agreed, which required the centre of the short rise stairs to be cut away and two adjacent walls constructed as shown in the photograph, the wall base was taken to the bottom of a light well and the civil work allowed for a lift pit 300 mm deep and also to provide for an area under for a ventilated lockable plant room enclosure.

The freestanding self-supporting scissor lift platform was fitted with handrails, gates and upper level ballustrading specially manufactured to match the existing. Routes for the electrical conduits etc, were agreed at the design stage and built in.

The final result was an aesthetically pleasing lift installation.

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