Restoring The Goodsyard’s Heritage
We received consent in 2024 to restore five historic buildings on Sclater Street – the former Mission Hall, a Victorian-era building and three former Weavers’ Cottages.
These buildings are part of the historic fabric of the neighbourhood and the proposals seek to protect and restore the buildings, as part of the redevelopment of The Goodsyard.
Former Mission Hall
The plans will remove unsympathetic extensions and a 20th century brick wall that currently screens the historic building from Sclater Street, to give the building more prominence.
The existing brickwork will be repaired, the existing ornate roof trusses retained, and the slate roof re-instated with new rooflights. The historic window openings will be re-opened and glazed. New glazed entrances will be created at the west end of the building to bring more light into the building and establish a better relationship between the building and Sclater Street. Once the renovations have been completed, the Mission Hall will offer the community a new café.
Victorian-era building
The plans will restore the historic fabric of the building to provide three residential apartments above space on the ground floor for a shop. The building currently has modern extensions, which detract from the building and these will be removed.
New sympathetic shopfronts, in keeping with the area and the period of the historic building will be installed.
Weavers' Cottages
The Weavers’ Cottages are derelict, having been badly damaged by a fire some years ago. The plans propose the complete restoration of the main body of these historic buildings to create a co-working office space, but the outriggers to the rear are too badly damaged to be saved. Instead, they will be replaced with a modern, three storey glass and corten extension, which will accommodate the services for the office, such as lifts and WC, enabling the main buildings to retain their original proportions and character.
Original features, such as roof structures, brick arches, fireplaces and chimney pots will be repaired and reinstated where condition allows.
New corten gates and wall cladding will be added to 76 Sclater Street, currently vacant, to provide a new pedestrian access (named Cygnet Lane) to the rest of The Goodsyard.
Indicative view of the Weavers’ Cottages in the foreground. The image also shows the rear extension that will be delivered as part of the plans, with the Cottages providing new co-working spaces.
Indicative view of the historic buildings on Sclater Street with the restored former Mission Hall in the foreground. This building will have the more modern extensions removed and will transformed into a new cafe space.
Delivering a new office building
Following community consultation in 2023, we gained consent for a Reserved Matters Application for one of the office buildings within the consented masterplan.
The first office building will provide 36,000 sq m of high-quality office space, which will include affordable workspace for small and medium sized businesses to support local enterprises. At ground level, 600 sq m of new space for shops fronting Bethnal Green Road and Shoreditch High Street will enliven the space and there will be a new connection between Brick Lane and Shoreditch High Street called Middle Road.
Indicative view from Shoreditch High Street.
Indicative aerial view of The Goodsyard with Office Building 1.
Indicative view of Office Building 1 looking east down Middle Road.
Indicative view of Office Building 1 from the corner of Great Eastern Street and Shoreditch High Street.
What’s next?
We are currently working with the London Borough of Hackney, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and the GLA to secure the implementation of the planning permission for the entire Goodsyard site. Construction on the new office building is expected to start later this year.
While preparations are underway, we continue to celebrate the site’s heritage by opening the Braithwaite Arches to the public through guided tours and participating in the Open House Festival 2025, with more details to follow.
We are also developing detailed plans for the new homes and public spaces at The Goodsyard and will announce further community consultation events in due course. In the meantime, you can stay updated by signing up to our project mailing list via the Get Involved page.
One of our consultation events in June 2023.