Puma Court, Spitalfields

The sensitive upgrading and extension of a pair of 1860 alms houses owned by Christchurch in Spitalfields to improve a long established but now somewhat frayed social housing scheme.
The existing buildings are constructed of simple but beautiful aged stock brickwork. The new extensions are of a markedly different but complimentary form and external finish. New green Oak feather edge boarding and terne coated steel roof cladding respectively reflect the tradition of timber weather boarded buildings in this part of East London and harmonise with the slate roofs of the original almshouses.