Further to a previous commission by Norwich City Council for the refurbishment of the public facilities at Wensum Park, Norwich, the City Council appointed Cannon Clarke Architects to commence a feasibility study for a neglected pavilion that is nestled into the landscape to the northeast of the park. The original design for the park, dating from 1925, provided a pavilion on 2 levels, the uppermost being an open-air terrace and principle entrance to the park at road level, the lower, accessed by a pair of side stairs providing covered seating with an outlook to the Wensum River beyond. Currently, the Grade II Listed neo-classically designed pavilion is no more than an opportunity for anti-social behaviour. The client’s requirements, and our design response, was to internalise (and make secure) part of the lower tier and to re-purpose it as a communal Café, providing the pavilion with a positive, profitable use, celebrating the park’s heritage, and providing useful facilities for park users. Cannon Clarke Architects considered the user journey by utilising our skills as leisure development designers – the functional arrangements of access, egress, seating and security to maximise the potential for viable re-use. The internal fit-out based a unifying ceramic tiled treatment to the back and side walls, counters for vending and large sliding glass screens for enclosure in inclement conditions. Externally the terrace’s timber trellis was re-conceived as a lightweight glazed canopy to provided sheltered external seating.