By nature of the location in the Enfield Town Conservation Area and adjacent to some highly important and listed buildings (including Christ Church), the scheme would be judged on the implications it would have on the heritage of the area. The observation and assessment of local historic vernacular was used to provide visual cues to the choice of materials and the formation of the new building.
The listed buildings have historic and architectural significance, a matter promoted by their amalgamation as a group who actively shared a common function as either shops or as homes in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The balanced scale and massing of the historic architecture was a prompt in the design of the new; frontages characterised by a mix of brick combined with masonry, enlivened by recessed porches and protruding pilasters were a guiding factor.
A contemporary build was acclaimed by the Council for the way it related to the scale and heights of local buildings and the relationship it created between existing facades and the public domain.