Burges Architects

Bell House Pottery

The Pottery at Bell House in suburban southeast London is now a thriving community facility offering a wide variety of activities. Run by volunteers, serving a diverse range of clients and offering free and subsidised places on every course. But this was not always so! Burgess Architects involvement began in 2017 not long after the Charity was first founded following the gift of the house and a vision for creative education and lifelong learning for all. Consent for permission for some sweeping alterations to the layout of the house which soon fell out of step with the way the Charity was learning to appreciate and inhabit the Grade II* Listed building. General repairs, fabric improvements and minor alterations were followed by an ambitious scheme for a ground source heat pump to serve not only the old house, but also to set the stage for a future pottery studio.