Southampton Hotel
This building on Southampton’s high street is currently home to a mix of tenants, including an Argos on the ground floor and various short-term lessees above. Seeking to take advantage of the constant influx of visitors to this charming coastal town, the client purchased the building with plans to convert it into a lifestyle hotel. We were tasked with developing a feasibility study illustrating the transformation of this complicated structure, with its deep floor plates, into a 100-bedroom hotel. A simple new facade was a cost-effective exterior solution and served to offset the significant work required to produce workable floor plans.
Existing High Street view
Proposed High Street view
Fourth Floor
On the top floor a roof terrace is provided to the rear of the building, and additional volume is now added in a roof extension. This floor now introduces long stay apartments as we go up the building, affording guests great views out over the city and the seafront beyond.
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Typical Floors
Comprised of Standard and Superior Studios which fill the floorplate, while introducing a large light-well/courtyard into the building with two smaller ones, further bringing natural daylight into the scheme.
Typical Floors
Provides four distinct entry points for the following:
• Primary Hotel Entrance
• Secondary Hotel / F+B Entrance
• Ground Floor Retail Tenant
• Receiving / Servicing / Refuse Collection
A flexible bar and restaurant are provided,
generous kitchen and admin space
Ground Floor
Split between car parking, accessed via a car lift, Back-of-House Space and Supplemental space which could be provided to the retail tenants, or possibly as amenity for the hotel, such as a gym.
Basement