Buttress Architects | Royal Hospital School

The Royal Hospital School is a leading independent school in Suffolk, whose beautiful estate is modelled upon its original site which is now the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich; and houses many listed buildings. We have undertaken a number of projects for the school that include the Reade Music School and redevelopment of ten boarding houses.
Reade Music School

A new build Music School with teaching, rehearsal and performance space. The building design references the proportion and character of the adjacent grade II* listed Chapel, whilst expressing its function in its form. Internally spaces are bright and clean with a range of teaching and practice rooms organised around a central atrium and circulation hall.
Boarding House Redevelopment

A phased programme of redevelopment works for the Royal Hospital School`s ten boarding houses. Each house has been remodelled and new house master/mistress accommodation designed.

The existing H-shaped houses were extended, and internal courtyards enclosed to create a covered atrium with new brightly lit and welcoming living spaces for the students. All bedrooms and living accommodation were updated to reflect the profile of the individual house's boarders.

The design of the extended accommodation reinforces the regular pattern of the boarding houses and their prominent position, framing one of the key views of the school estate.

Reade Music School