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<\/a>(c) 31-32 Soho Square consultation<\/p>\nThe site includes 31-32 Soho Square \u2013 formerly known as Twentieth Century House, 65-66 Frith Street, 10 Chapone Place and 22-25 Dean Street.<\/p>\n
The Twentieth Century House, which comprises most of the site facing Soho Square, was built in 1936 for Twentieth Century-Fox Film Company and served as its head office until they moved out in 2020. It\u2019s been empty ever since.<\/p>\n
Behind it is a block facing onto Dean Street that\u2019s a mix of restaurant, a couple of floors of offices, and three floors of flats.<\/p>\n
Between them is a goods delivery yard leading onto Dean Street.<\/p>\n
The developer plans to merge the two main buildings into a single office block and at the same time, open up the delivery yard space as a public courtyard.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not the first time a development has been planned for this cluster of buildings, and a scheme to demolish them was withdrawn in 2019. This scheme preserves their external appearance while refurbishing them internally.<\/p>\n
The courtyard can only be accessed from Dean Street, so as part of the plans, a section of the ground floor of Twentieth Century House would be turned into a covered alley leading to the courtyard \u2013 and hence, onto Dean Street as well.<\/p>\n
The new archway initially appears to be punching through at random, but in fact, an arch style doorway<\/a> was there before the current building was constructed.<\/p>\n<\/a>Current layout
\n<\/a>Proposed layout (c) 31-32 Soho Square consultation<\/p>\n<\/a>Ackermann\u2019s The Repository of Arts, volume 8. 1812<\/p>\n