Elspeth Beard Architects
The Rotunda
The Rotunda

The Rotunda is part of a former congregational church and was the original Sunday school with mission rooms. The church is dated 1868 but the Sunday School and Mission Rooms were constructed later, in 1883. The main part of the church is currently occupied by a restaurant which has recently sold the Rotunda so it is now in separate ownership.

The building is Grade II listed and is constructed in Bargate stone with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. The building faces onto The Burys in Godalming and is facetted at the rear. Internally the Rotunda has a balustrade at first floor level and a large central open space. Having already secured planning and listed building consents for its conversion into a single residence, we are now looking at options to convert the building for a commercial use. The renovation and conversion works of The Rotunda will not involve any alterations to the external appearance of the building.

Internally our design retains the existing gallery and balustrade at first floor level and inserts two new mezzanine levels linked with a suspended staircase and a new lift. This scheme allows the large open central space to be retained which maintains the intrinsic character of the building.

The Rotunda
Completed Projects
> Munstead Water Tower
> The Threshing Barn
> Chalk Hill
> Wishanger Lodge
> King's Arms Mews
> Burnham Lighthouse
> Cockleshell
> Evangelical Church
> Worthing Dome
> Hyde Farm
> Pondfield
Current Projects
> Cawston Water Tower
> West House
> Chalk Dell
> Felton Water Tower
> Abbot Road
> The Rotunda
> Bollingbrook Road
> Beech Lane
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