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BRIGHTON STATION
Terminating opposite its
famous beach, close by the
pier stretching out into the
English Channel, Brighton’s
railway station is part of the
resort’s most recognisable
structures, and an important
part of its architectural
heritage.
When it came to undertaking
significant refurbishment
work to the building, local
conservation officers sought to
restore the elements involved to
their original splendour, which
has led to a member of the Steel
Window Association supplying
a large number of arch topped
doorsets and windows for the
work.
The Site Manager for Walker
Construction, Mr Jon Shepherd,
recounts: “The station is a listed
building, with grants being
obtained to help return it to its
original condition. So part of the
discussions between ourselves,
Trevor Patrick Partnership and
the client, Southern Railways,
was about putting back steel
windows and doors as it would
have had. The job has gone
well and to programme with
our having worked well with
our chosen fabricator, Govette
Windows.”
Govette surveyed all of the
openings before beginning
fabrication using the W20 steel
sections, which were hot dip
galvanized and given a white
polyester powder coat paint
finish. Conservation issues
dictated the use of single glazing
which was all cut from 6.4 mm
laminated safety glass.
‘Conservation
issues dictated
the use of
single glazing’
London based Govette
Windows was awarded
the contract by Walker
Construction under competitive
tender, while the Trevor Patrick
Partnership was the architectural
consultancy leading the
design.
As pre-contract plans were
being formulated, there was no
doubt in anyone’s mind that
the inappropriate aluminium
framed glazing which had been
fitted in the early eighties could
not remain.
The doorways are particularly
tall and narrow which led to
two different designs being used
as Darren Lloyd of Govette
Windows explains: “The
doorsets are 3200 mm high but
only 1200 mm wide. Therefore
for the retail spaces, where the
doors are likely to be kept open
for much of the time, they
feature equal leafs, but for the
offices they are asymmetric in
design to create a ‘traffic’ door
for easy pedestrian access.”
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