• Boundary Brook House, Oxford
    View of the front elevation
  • Boundary Brook House, Oxford
    The cedar and render exterior
  • Boundary Brook House, Oxford
    New entrance porch and porthole window
  • Boundary Brook House, Oxford
    The porthole window in the waiting area
  • Boundary Brook House, Oxford
    The decorative linoleum floor
Boundary Brook House, Oxford
Client: 
Oxfordshire Health NHS Foundation Trust
Contractor: 
Morgan Ashurst
Construction Cost: 
£2m
Completion: 
2008

This former in-patient mental health centre was substantially altered and modernised to form a new outpatient centre, creating an environment to which vulnerable children and teenagers would respond positively. The ground floor was remodelled to provide large, bright and airy consulting rooms and other activity spaces. The decorative linoleum floor in the waiting area was designed by renowned artist Chris Tipping, who held workshops with the children who use the building and incorporated their drawings into the finished design. Externally, the unsightly fire escape stairs were removed, and the neglected Victorian building was repaired and re-clad. The upper floors were refurbished as the main offices for the CAMHS Directorate of Oxfordshire Health NHS Foundation Trust.