This project involved the refurbishment of a grade II* listed Regency villa to provide front of house and teaching accommodation, combined with a new 320 seat auditorium built to one side and connected via a glass link building. The new theatre will also be available for local public events. The auditorium comprises a gallery and stalls seating which can be modified to provide for a variety of stage layouts and an orchestra pit. Around the site, new landscaping has removed the existing car parking and reinstate the original 19th century garden layout with perimeter hedging and carriage drive. The project involved careful negotiations with the Conservation Authorities and local residents to provide a scheme which is sympathetic to the listed building and the Conservation Area in which it stands. The project was selected by English Heritage as an exemplar scheme for their 'Constructive Conservation in Practice' Publication.