The plans, from Elysian Blackheath LP, have been submitted to Lewisham Council’s planning portal and could see the 175-room Clarendon Hotel turned into specialist older persons accommodation for 77 people.
The hotel is located at the top of Blackheath Village at 8 to 16 Montpelier Row and is part of a row of Georgian terraces that are all Grade II listed.
According to Visit Greenwich, the terraces were originally built for city merchants and seafarers back in the late 18th century.
The buildings were gradually adapted into hotel use from the mid-20th century.
There used to be two other hotels called the Regency and Heathview which were located on either side of the Clarendon Hotel however they reportedly became part of the current business in the late 1970s.
Under the proposals, the building would be restored to provide accommodation for elderly people that would include a gym, health and wellbeing facilities and a restaurant that would be open for members of the public.
Elysian Blackheath also intends to demolish part of the site so a new extension can be built at the back of it containing blocks that would be two to four-and-a-half storeys tall and would be connected by glazed links.
The proposals have been described as a positive contribution “to an identified housing need in the borough” as the accommodation is expected to help lower the burden on the NHS and will help free up “underutilised” family housing in the borough.
The plans were submitted on September 19 and are yet to be determined. Elysian Blackheath has also asked for listed building consent.
The proposals have been described as an opportunity to bring a “dated and declining facility” back into use that supports the need for older person’s accommodation in Lewisham with “substantial” regeneration benefits.
