Architects appointed
As a result of a successful funding bid to allow initial restoration
work to continue on the historic subway, the Friends of Crystal Palace
Subway have announced that the Sydenham based architectural
practice, Thomas Ford and Partners, will lead the multidisciplinary
team on the restoration project. It is hoped that this award will help
to eventually remove the subway from Historic England’s
‘Heritage at Risk Register’.
Clive England, the project’s lead architect from Thomas Ford
and Partners said, “It is a real privilege to be a part of this exciting
project, which will restore the historic Subway and provide it with
a sustainable future. Whilst we work on conservation projects
throughout the UK, there is something very special about being
involved with such an important project in our local community, close
to where we live and work. This project is the latest in a series of
local, community-based, heritage projects with which we have been
successfully involved including the Homestead and other buildings at
Beckenham Place Park, and The Fellowship Inn in Bellingham.”
The subway will be closed throughout the restoration project which
may be disappointing news to many of you, but we look forward to
updating you on how the work is progressing.