KINGSGATE PARK
A well-considered plan
As well as ensuring that the proposed developments will meet the sporting , academic and pastoral needs of the School going forward , we have considered the historic , environmental and other sensitivities of the campus .
ACCESSIBILITY Built in the 1960s , disabled access to the existing PEC is restricted in some areas . The new Sports Centre will provide improved access and changing facilities that meet current Sports England requirements . Similarly , the new Sanatorium will meet accessibility standards .
CULTURAL HERITAGE The whole of the College ’ s campus is contained within the Winchester Conservation Area . While none of the structures that form part of the Kingsgate Park Project are listed buildings , parts of Mill are held in high esteem by the College . Rather than replacing it altogether , Mill will therefore be refurbished and extended , retaining its more valued features .
LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT The campus consists of landscape that is of national significance , as well as being an important part of the setting for the School . The new Sports Centre will be arranged into three separate , but linked , ‘ pavilions ’, comprising the swimming pool , sports hall and fitness suite , which will help to visually break up the building mass .
PROTECTION Boys ’ safety and security are of paramount importance at all times . By consolidating sports facilities , including the currently remote fives courts , in a manned Sports Centre we will create a more protective environment .
SUSTAINABILITY The existing PEC is thermally inefficient , while having a high energy demand . Using a combination of passive design measures to reduce energy demand at source and active design measures to service this reduced energy demand as efficiently as possible , we will minimise the new buildings ’ energy consumption . Use of renewable energy installations will further reduce carbon emissions .
TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS Moving the existing vehicular access to Norman Road will create safer pedestrian access to this part of the campus and the new Sports Centre . An added benefit is that this will reduce the amount of traffic travelling along Kingsgate Road and using its narrow entrances .
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