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In October 2017 HRH Princess Alexandra opened the St. Hugh’s Education Centre at the Holy Cross Hospital in Haslemere, Surrey. The Hospital provides in-patient services for 40 long-stay patients who have severe and complex neurological disabilities. Their quality of life entirely depends on the availability of highly trained staff, special buildings and equipment. Macallan Penfold were appointed to design a new building that has not only significantly improved the available training and study facilities, but also provided much-needed administration offices that have brought support services staff together and freed-up valuable space for primary care functions. The building is arranged on two levels and takes advantage of [...]

Macallan Penfold is proud to have worked on several projects for Treloar’s School and College over the years. Treloar’s provides education to young people with disabilities. In 2017, HRH The Countess of Wessex GCVO visited Treloar’s School and College to officially open the newly renovated Gauvain House. Built in the 1960s, when the profile of students was very different, both Evans and Gauvain were no longer fit for purpose to accommodate students with more complex and, often, multiple disabilities. Gauvain House was a 1960s building which was extensively redeveloped and reconfigured to provide 13 en-suite bedrooms with shared common room and dining room facilities on the [...]