Approval secured for residential-led revival of Grade II* Art Deco hospital in Hammersmith’s Ravenscourt Park

We will now be able to rescue the former Ravenscourt Park Hospital in Hammersmith from nearly two decades of vacancy after securing planning approval for a residential-led redevelopment.

Designed by award-winning London architecture studio SPPARC, the plans will repurpose the Grade II* listed landmark into 140 new homes, a 65-bed care home and community use spaces. 

On its opening by King George V in 1933, the then called Royal Masonic Hospital was Europe’s largest independent acute hospital. The facility operated independently for over 60 years before financial pressures led to its closure in 1994. 

Re-opening as an NHS hospital in 2002, the newly renamed Ravenscourt Park Hospital would shut its doors for good just four years later. It has since entered Historic England’s Heritage at Risk register. TT Group acquired the 3.87-acre site in 2022.

The landmark is well known for its appearances in film and TV productions as recently as last year, including Agatha Christie’s Poirot (1989 and 1991), The Queen (2006) and Back to Black (2024).

With our successful track record for repositioning brownfield sites for residential-led redevelopment, our scheme prioritises the distinctive Art Deco hospital’s conservation. The four Grade II* listed red-brick hospital blocks – all of which will be brought back into use – are highly recognisable for their bold geometric style, minimal ornamentation and flat roofs, which earned them RIBA’s prestigious Gold Medal Building of the Year Award in 1933. 

Under plans consented by Hammersmith and Fulham Council, we will turn the hospital’s former wards and treatment blocks into new homes ranging from studio apartments to large family offerings, alongside amenity spaces such as workspace, lounge areas and private gardens. The administrative building that once served as the hospital’s entrance will feature spaces available for hire for community uses. 

The proposals retain and refurbish the Art Deco features, including welded steel semi-circular sun balconies, some of the inter-war period’s interiors, and two original Greek-inspired statues that flank either side of the main entrance.

A later, poor-quality 1970s addition to the site will be replaced with a purpose-built specialist elderly 65-bed care home and further residential units that better harmonise with their neighbouring heritage buildings. 

The new uses will be supported by a network of pedestrian routes through landscaped gardens, opening parts of the site up to the public for the first time. Stamford Brook and Ravenscourt Park Underground stations are within walking distance.

Duncan Brisbane, Development Director at TT Group, said: “The former Ravenscourt Park Hospital’s revival is long overdue, with planning approval ensuring this important building can finally be brought back into long-term use. Alongside a best-in-class project team, we now look forward to bringing the proposals to life, building on our track record for delivering much-needed housing on some of London’s highest-quality brownfield sites.”

James Bradbury, Senior Development Manager at TT Group, said: “Our newly consented plans for the redundant site prioritise the heritage building’s restoration and revival, bringing all the Grade II* listed hospital wards and treatment blocks back into use. Through sympathetic conversion to new housing and a care home, and by opening up part of the grounds for the first time, the project ensures this London landmark can be enjoyed for generations to come while contributing to the local area.”

Thank you to Turley who advised on planning matters.