Nazareth House, Glasgow
This refurbishment project was carried out as the second phase of a larger redevelopment of the whole of the existing Sisters of Nazareth site located in west Glasgow. Originally built in around 1900 the impressive three storey Victorian convent is a category C Historic Scotland listed building.
Transforming a Historic Care Home
Once the new care home had been constructed, and the residents relocated the original building was stripped back to its structure to enable a full refurbishment of all elements of the building.
The transformation created twenty-four one bedroom retirement apartments for lease by religious groups/organisations for members of their communities, together with communal facilities on the ground floor. Each apartment included separate bedroom, lounge, fitted kitchen and wet room bathroom, designed to allow for aging in place. Acoustic separation was provided with floating floors throughout and twin stud partitions between apartments. Extensive repairs to the building fabric, including the brickwork, stonework and roof slates, were sympathetically carried out with minimal aesthetic change, along with replacement of all the windows. Of special note were the replacement hexagonal downpipes created to match the existing designs.
Apartments
New windows
CAD drawings required
Floor area
Retaining Original Features
The existing generous ceiling heights and large windows created spacious bedroom and living areas with generous daylight. All of the apartments overlooked the site’s landscaped gardens. Original decorative internal features such as arches, tiling and timber bracketry, hidden behind years of alteration works, were discovered during the works and where possible were introduced into the final interior design.
