Jenners revamp revisions submitted
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The design facing Princes Street and South St. David Street © David Chipperfield Architects
Revised plans for parts of the historic former Jenners department store in Edinburgh, which suffered from a fire in January, have been lodged.
The plans by David Chipperfield Architects include changes to the Rose Street façade, the internal stair, and bridge link. Danish retail billionaire owner Anders Holch Povlsen’s AAA United holding company put forward the proposals to the City of Edinburgh Council on February 23.
Mr Povlsen bought the historic store, dating to 1838 with a 1905 extension, in 2017 for £53 million. It was operated by Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group before closure and is to reopen following refurbishment with a retail and hotel offering.
The non-material variation revisions include a change to the atrium stair arrangement with the “historic stair to be removed due to arrangement needed for fire-fighting stair”.
The statement also said: “The bridge link has been carefully designed to remain respectful to the historic Jenners building.”
The façade revisions relate to “horizontal lintels moved to align with floor slabs, stone upstand beneath windows, openable glazed panels for natural ventilation and metalwork in patinated brass”.
Fire ripped through part of the building, largely on the Rose Street side, on January 23. Firefighter Barry Martin, 38, died four days after tackling the blaze.
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