Royal Clarence Yard was established in 1831 as a victualling yard supplying the Royal Navy with fresh water, salt meat, biscuits and rum.

The site sits adjacent to a Site of Special Scientific Interest and includes two Conservation Areas containing 18 Grade II and II* listed buildings and Scheduled Monuments. Buildings include the Cooperage, Granary, Bakery, Slaughterhouse, Hydraulic Engine House, Artificer’s Workshops, Ceremonial Gateway, Superintendent’s Houses, Reservoir, Barracks and Guard House.

Project Delivery

– A masterplan developed through a Collaborative Placemaking process, which we then took through to detailed planning and listed building applications, working drawings and implementation on site.

– Mixed-uses including leisure facilities and employment uses, and 698 apartments and houses, both converted and new build in a mixture of tenures including rented and shared ownership.

– New interventions that take their cue from the character of the nineteenth century yard, whilst introducing contemporary architecture.

– Definition of public spaces and routes by both new and historic buildings.

– Recreation of lost spaces to knit the yard back together.

– New pedestrian routes to give full public access to the previously inaccessible waterfront.

– Creation of an attractive destination for locals and visitors in the form of the new marina, which regularly hosts major yachting events and festivals.